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"A masterful and unforgettable debut." --Paul Beatty"Elegant and deeply felt." --Charles Yu "A book I have been...
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"A masterful and unforgettable debut." --Paul Beatty
"Elegant and deeply felt." --Charles Yu "A book I have been waiting for all my life." --Crystal Hana Kim A radiant portrait of a young woman caught between cultures, and what is lost and found in the struggle to succeed. Before you are anything, you are a daughter. At first you are at home inside your pregnant mother: a beloved daughter, a vision of the future. But who will you become? As your family moves back and forth between Korea and the United States, you find yourself caught between two countries. Prioritizing your future over her own happiness, your mother marshals you through a childhood of homework and violin practice and academic achievement to shape you into the person she most wants you to be. Is hers the ultimate form of love? And, despite her sacrifices, is there a world somewhere between your motherland and homeland that can feel like your own? Told in incandescent prose, Cay Kim's exquisite debut novel is a portrait of a brilliant young woman growing up between cultures, and a love letter to girlhood, family, and the great dreams we hold for ourselves, no matter where we're from.
Author: Cay Kim
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 06/23/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.77w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780593734445
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/20/2026
Booklist 05/01/2026
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2026
About the Author
Cay Kim was born in Seoul in 1998. She received her BA from Stanford University, where she won the Urmy/Hardy Poetry Prize, and her MFA from Columbia University. Her short fiction has appeared in Granta and One Story. This is her first novel.
"Elegant and deeply felt." --Charles Yu "A book I have been waiting for all my life." --Crystal Hana Kim A radiant portrait of a young woman caught between cultures, and what is lost and found in the struggle to succeed. Before you are anything, you are a daughter. At first you are at home inside your pregnant mother: a beloved daughter, a vision of the future. But who will you become? As your family moves back and forth between Korea and the United States, you find yourself caught between two countries. Prioritizing your future over her own happiness, your mother marshals you through a childhood of homework and violin practice and academic achievement to shape you into the person she most wants you to be. Is hers the ultimate form of love? And, despite her sacrifices, is there a world somewhere between your motherland and homeland that can feel like your own? Told in incandescent prose, Cay Kim's exquisite debut novel is a portrait of a brilliant young woman growing up between cultures, and a love letter to girlhood, family, and the great dreams we hold for ourselves, no matter where we're from.
Author: Cay Kim
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 06/23/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.77w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780593734445
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/20/2026
Booklist 05/01/2026
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2026
About the Author
Cay Kim was born in Seoul in 1998. She received her BA from Stanford University, where she won the Urmy/Hardy Poetry Prize, and her MFA from Columbia University. Her short fiction has appeared in Granta and One Story. This is her first novel.
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