Crying in H Mart
by Michelle Zauner
The musician's memoir of her Korean mother's death from cancer, and of food as the language they shared when words failed. It is about grief, identity, a difficult mother-daughter bond, and cooking as a way to keep the dead near. Vivid and widely loved.
Read it if…
you have lost a parent and find yourself grieving in the kitchen or the grocery aisle.
Skip it if…
you want a grief guide; it is memoir.
Three things you will actually use
- Food carries the dead.
- Difficult love is still love.
- Identity is tended through practice.
Do this first
Cook one dish your lost person made, slowly.
Our verdict
Vivid and loved.
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