
Having centred her life on her husband and child, her daughter’s definition of family is not one she can accept. In fact, she can barely bring herself to be civil. 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
