What We Kept to Ourselves: A Novel

By: Nancy Jooyoun Kim

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Synopsis: This timely and surprising novel about a family&’s search for answers following the disappearance of their mother from the New York Times bestselling author Nancy Jooyoun Kim explores &“immigration, identity, love, and loss. A gorgeous, thrilling read&” (Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author).1999: The Kim family is struggling to move on after their mother, Sunny, vanished a year ago. Sixty-one-year-old John Kim feels more isolated from his grown children than ever before. But one evening, their fragile lives are further upended when John finds the body of a stranger in the backyard, carrying a letter to Sunny, leaving the family with more questions than ever. 1977: Sunny is pregnant and has just moved to Los Angeles from Korea with her aloof and often-absent husband. America is not turning out the way she had dreamed it to be, and the loneliness and isolation are broken only by a fateful encounter at a bus stop. The unexpected connection spans the decades and echoes into the family&’s lives in the present as they uncover devastating secrets that put not only everything they thought they knew about their mother but their very lives at risk. Both &“an intricately crafted mystery and a heart-wrenching family saga&” (Michelle Min Sterling, New York Times bestselling author), What We Kept to Ourselves masterfully explores what it means to dream in America.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 416 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781668004845
Related ISBNs:: 9781668004821
Publisher:: Atria Books
Date of Addition:: 10/17/23
Copyrighted By:: Nancy Jooyoun Kim
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Parenting and Family
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.