In Concerning My Daughter, translated from Korean by Jamie Chang, Kim Hye-jin lays bare our most universal fears on ageing, death, and isolation, to offer finally a paean to love in all its forms. Why should not having chosen a traditional life mean that your life is worth nothing at all? Her daughter's involvement in a case of unfair dismissal involving gay colleagues from the university where she works is similarly strange to her.Īnd yet when the care home where she works insists that she lower her standard of care for an elderly dementia patient who has no family, who travelled the world as a successful diplomat, who chose not to have children, Green's mother cannot accept it. The Prize-winning International Bestseller. Having centred her life on her husband and child, her daughter's definition of family is not one she can accept. In Concerning My Daughter, translated from Korean by Jamie Chang, Kim Hye-jin lays bare our most universal fears on ageing, death and isolation to offer. The mere thought of resuming contact might stir up a lot of uncomfortable emotions thoughsuch as fear, sadness, anger, or hurt. If you suspect your child may have OCD, watch for these five warning signs. 1 Regardless of how long youve been separated from family, there may come a time when you think about rekindling the relationship. The result is a series of symptoms that can be disruptive to a child’s emotional well-being and ability to function.

In fact, she can barely bring herself to be civil. Estrangement between mothers and their adult children averages five and a half years. When a mother allows her thirty-something daughter to move into her apartment, she wants for her what many mothers might say they want for their child: a steady income, and, even better, a good husband with a good job with whom to start a family.īut when Green turns up with her girlfriend, Lane, in tow, her mother is unprepared and unwilling to welcome Lane into her home.

'I can't help but be moved by a story about women meeting, fighting, helping each other, looking after one another, and raising their voices against the prejudice and criticism they are subject to.'Ĭho Nam-joo, author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 The Prize-Winning International Bestseller

Concerning my daughter