Crying in H Mart

Extraordinary … This is a book about loss that is also about love; it’s a book about South Korea that is also about West Coast small town America; it’s a story that is both beautiful and heartbreaking; it is as raw as it is precious. I bawled my eyes out, but I also loved it and I hope you do too – Dua Lipa‘Crying In H Mart destroyed me … It’s fantastic’ – Olivia RodrigoIncredible … It absolutely wrecked me … So, so emotional – Natalie PortmanI cried my way through all of it … It is so beautiful and so incredible … I was so moved, and I cannot hype it up enough. You guys need to read it for yourselves – Kaia GerberMichelle Zauner’s Crying In H Mart is as good as everyone says it is and, yes, it 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 *Brilliant … A simultaneously joyful and gut-wrenching account of a highly complicated mother-daughter relationship – The Evening Standard, ‘Best Memoirs of All Time’The best book I’ve read in the past year … frank, lyrical, humorous – Claudia Roden, Financial TimesThe 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, a love that is charted in vivid descriptions of her mother after death; in a time when people around the world are reckoning with untold loss due to COVID-19, Zauner’s frankness around death feels like an unexpected yet deeply necessary gift * Vogue US *A beautiful, honest and stylish account of grief, food and heritage. The way Zauner writes about food and how it acts as a bridge between her and her mother, her culture, her sense of self, is brilliantly written – Nikesh Shukla, author of Brown BabyCrying in H Mart stunned me - with its truthfulness and the force of its yearning. Beautiful, intimate, powerful, it is an unforgettable portrayal of grief and the bond between mother and daughter – Catherine Cho, author of InfernoZauner brings dish after dish to life on the page in a rich broth of delectable details, cultural context and the personal history often packed into every bite… [Crying in H Mart] will ultimately 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 — yes — food’ * San Francisco Chronicle *Crying in H Mart is 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. It is not to be missed * Seattle Times *Crying in H Mart is palpable in its grief and its tenderness, reminding us what we all stand to lose * Vulture *

Michelle Zauner is best known as a singer and guitarist who creates dreamy, shoegaze-inspired indie pop under the name Japanese Breakfast. She has won acclaim from major music outlets around the world for releases like Psychopomp and Soft Sounds from Another Planet. Her third album, Jubilee, released in 2021. Crying in H Mart is her first book.