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The Apology

by Jimin Han

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Book of the Day, NPR · August 23, 2023

In 'The Apology,' a South Korean grandmother makes amends from the afterlife

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A novel following 105-year-old South Korean grandmother Hak Jeonga, who must resolve a long-held secret and generational curse even after her death, tracing her family's journey from South Korea to Chicago. Influenced by Korean shamanism and the author's own family experience of longing and separation following the Korean War.

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