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This “sweeping intergenerational saga" tells the story of a pampered and defiant South Korean matriarch thrust into the afterlife from which she seeks a second chance to make amends (Kirstin Chen)—and fights off a tragic curse that could devastate generations to come.
In South Korea, a 105-year-old woman receives a letter. Ten days later, she has been thrust into the afterlife, fighting to head off a curse that will otherwise devastate generations to come.Jeonga Cha has always shouldered the burden of upholding the family name. When she sent her daughter-in-law to America to cover up an illegitimate birth, she was simply doing what was needed to preserve the reputations of her loved ones. How could she have known that decades later, this decision would return to haunt her—threatening to tear apart her bond with her beloved son, her relationship with her infuriatingly insolent sisters, and the future of the family she has worked so hard to protect?
Part ghost story and part family epic, The Apology is an incisive tale of sisterhood and diaspora, reaching back to the days of Japanese colonialism and the Korean War, and told through the singular voice of a defiant, funny, and unforgettable centenarian.
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“Kathleen Kim’s magnificent performance brings out the complexity and drama of this outstanding saga..Kim’s Korean American accent provides an authenticity that immerses listeners in this novel…[a] divine, supernatural listening experience. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“Han paints the quirks and preoccupations of old age as the secrets of her heroine jettison her across the world and right smack into another one, literally…[An] engaging tale of the complications of familial love.”
— Gloria Hatrick, author of Masks
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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A Literary Hub Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2023
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About Jimin Han
Jimin Han was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island; Dayton, Ohio; and Jamestown, New York. She is the author of A Small Revolution and has written for American Public Media’s Weekend America, Poets & Writers, and Catapult, among others. She teaches at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, Pace University, and community writing centers.