Crying in H Mart

The global bestselling sensation · Celebrating 100 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list · Now with 16 pages of family photographs · One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2021

'Will have you in tears . . . An essential read for anybody who has lost a loved one, as well as those who haven't' – Marie–Claire

‘I bawled my eyes out . . . I loved it’ – Dua Lipa
‘The best book I’ve read all year’ – The Guardian
‘Moving and funny . . . I gulped it down in a day’ – Sunday Times
‘A vibrant, soulful memoir’ – The Observer

From Grammy-nominated indie rockstar Michelle Zauner aka Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about family, food, grief, love and growing up Korean American.

When Michelle Zauner was in her mid-twenties, working as a waitress and struggling to launch her music career, she got a call that her mother was ill. She put her life on hold and flew home to Oregon, to be with her mother through the final, excruciating months of her battle with pancreatic cancer.

Crying in H Mart is Zauner’s searingly candid coming-of-age story: of growing apart from, and then back together with, her Korean identity; of straining to meet her mother’s expectations; of treasured months in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaped plates of food; and of returning home to reckon with grief.

Vivacious, honest and rich with intimate anecdotes, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share and reread.