MICHELLE ZAUNER is best known as the two-time Grammy nominated musician Japanese Breakfast. She has won acclaim from major music outlets around the world for releases like Psychopomp (2016) and Soft Sounds from Another Planet (2017).
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE BEST
BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, Time, NPR, Washington Post,
Vogue, Entertainment Weekly, Good Morning America, Philadelphia
Inquirer, Goodreads, BuzzFeed, and more • One of
President Obama's Favorite Books of the Year • One of The
Smithsonian's Ten Best Books About Food of the Year
“Michelle Zauner has written a book you experience with all of your
senses: sentences you can taste, paragraphs that sound like music.
She seamlessly blends stories of food and memory, sumptuousness and
grief, to weave a complex narrative of loyalty and loss.” —Rachel
Syme, New Yorker Writer
“I read Crying in H Mart with my heart in my throat. In this
beautifully written memoir, Michelle Zauner has created a gripping,
sensuous portrait of an indelible mother-daughter bond that hits
all the notes: love, friction, loyalty, grief. All mothers and
daughters will recognize themselves—and each other—in these pages.”
—Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance
“A warm and wholehearted work of literature, an honest and
detailed account of grief over time, studded with moments of hope,
humor, beauty, and clear-eyed observation. This story is a nuanced
portrayal of a young person grappling with what it means to embody
familial and cultural histories, to be fueled by creative pursuits,
to examine complex relationships with place, and to endure the
acute pain of losing a parent just on the other side of a
tumultuous adolescence . . . Crying in H Mart is not to be missed.”
—The Seattle Times
“A profound, timely exploration of terminal illness, culture and
shared experience . . . Zauner has accomplished the unthinkable: a
book that caters to all appetites. She brings dish after dish to
life on the page in a rich broth of delectable details [and] offers
remarkably prescient observations about otherness from the
perspective of the Korean American experience. Crying in H Mart
will thrill Japanese Breakfast fans and provide comfort to those in
the throes of loss while brilliantly detailing the colorful
panorama of Korean culture, traditions and food.” —San Francisco
Chronicle
“Crying in H Mart powerfully maps a complicated mother-daughter
relationship . . . Zauner writes about her mother’s death
[with] clear-eyed frankness . . . The book is a rare
acknowledgement of the ravages of cancer in a culture obsessed with
seeing it as an enemy that can be battled with hope and strength.
Zauner plumbs the connections between food and identity . . . her
food descriptions transport us to the table alongside
her. What Crying in H Mart reveals is that in losing her
mother and cooking to bring her back to life, Zauner became
herself.” —NPR
“Zauner’s storytelling is impeccable. Memories are rendered with a
rich immediacy, as if bathed in a golden light. Zauner is also
adept at mapping the contradictions in her relationship with, and
perception of, her mother. The healing, connective power of
food reverberates in nearly every chapter of this coming-of-age
story, [in] sensuous descriptions . . . Heartfelt, searching,
wise.” —AV Club
"Crying in H Mart is a wonder: A beautiful, deeply moving
coming-of-age story about mothers and daughters, love and grief,
food and identity. It blew me away, even as it broke my heart."
–Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and
Me
"The book’s descriptions of jjigae, tteokbokki, and other Korean
delicacies stand out as tokens of the deep, all-encompassing love
between Zauner and her mother . . . Zauner’s frankness around death
feels like an unexpected yet deeply necessary gift."—Vogue
"A candid, moving tribute to her mother, to her identity, and
to our collective desire for connection in this often alienating
world...Zauner's writing is powerful in its straight-forwardness,
though some turns of phrases are as beautiful as any song lyric...
but it is her ability to convey how her mother's simple offering of
a rice snack was actually an act of the truest love that leaves the
most indelible impression."—Refinery 29
"Crying in H Mart is palpable in its grief and its tenderness,
reminding us what we all stand to lose."—Vulture
"Incandescent."—Electric Lit
“Poignant . . . A tender, well-rendered, heart-wrenching
account of the way food ties us to those who have passed. The
author delivers mouthwatering descriptions of dishes like pajeon,
jatjuk, and gimbap, and her storytelling is fluid, honest, and
intimate. When a loved one dies, we search all of our senses for
signs of their presence. Zauner’s ability to let us in through
taste makes her book stand out—she makes us feel like we are in her
mother’s kitchen, singing her praises.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Lyrical... Earnest... Zauner does a good job capturing the
grief of losing a parent with pathos. Fans looking to get a glimpse
into the inner life of this megawatt pop star will not be
disappointed."—Publishers Weekly
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