Concerning My Daughter
Hye-Jin Kim, Jamie Chang (translator)
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Picador
Picador
Publication Date
December 27, 2022
December 27, 2022
Format
Trade Paperback / Unabridged
Trade Paperback / Unabridged
Pages
176
176
ISBN-13
978-1-52-905767-6
978-1-52-905767-6
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A mother’s orderly life begins to fracture when her adult daughter returns home after years away, carrying beliefs and behaviors that feel increasingly unfamiliar. What should be a simple reunion slowly turns tense as the gap between them widens in ways that are hard to name and harder to bridge.
As they attempt to coexist under the same roof, unspoken fears and generational expectations surface, exposing fault lines in identity, autonomy, and belonging. Love remains present, but strained, constantly tested by misunderstanding and growing emotional distance.
A restrained, unsettling story about family, ideology, and the fragile line between protection and control, where even care can start to feel like conflict.
As they attempt to coexist under the same roof, unspoken fears and generational expectations surface, exposing fault lines in identity, autonomy, and belonging. Love remains present, but strained, constantly tested by misunderstanding and growing emotional distance.
A restrained, unsettling story about family, ideology, and the fragile line between protection and control, where even care can start to feel like conflict.
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Edition Info
Publisher / Imprint
Picador
Picador
Publication Date
December 27, 2022
December 27, 2022
Format
Trade Paperback / Unabridged
Trade Paperback / Unabridged
Pages
176
176
ISBN-13
978-1-52-905767-6
978-1-52-905767-6
Trade Paperback
Unabridged
Publication Date:
December 27, 2022
ISBN-13:
978-1-52-905767-6