#28 in Biography & memoir
Crying in H Mart
- 256
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 75 weeks on the list, peaked at #2
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Our view
“Crying in H Mart” is a memoir of losing a mother and of holding on to the Korean culture she embodied. Zauner writes with restraint, trusting the reader and leaving the painful parts their sharpness, which is why the book moves rather than merely saddens. Unsentimental and direct, it will speak most to readers who have grieved a parent or who fear losing touch with where they come from.
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About the book
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir is a 2021 memoir by Michelle Zauner, singer and guitarist of the band Japanese Breakfast. It is her debut book, published on April 20, 2021, by Alfred A. Knopf. It is an expansion of Zauner's essay of the same name which was published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2018. The title mentions H Mart, a North American supermarket chain that specializes in Korean and other Asian products.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 1,026 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 87% of the weight and the score stays at 8.3 — the Biography & memoir average of 8.1 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 26 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.4 | 1K | 98% |
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It has 256 pages — shorter than 71% of the ranked books in Biography & memoir.
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