

Heather Harpham, award-winning playwright and author of Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After To read Ae-ran Kim is to fall in love with her. Kathleen Rooney, national bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk Areum discovers more wisdom, humor, and insight in seventeen years of life than many of us find in a lifetime. Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Stylish and engaging, this eloquent book encompasses with compassion and discernment the ordinary miracles of birth and death and everything in between.

When you read this book, give them my regards. Theyre so real to me I feel like adding them to my Christmas card list. Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had This is one of those novels where the characters seem to have immortal souls. Bryan Washington, USA Today bestselling author of Memorial A moving, earnest, and deeply-felt exploration of a unique family in all its joys and disappointments. Her novel is a warm, expansive exploration of family, the many different ways we love, and the infinite lives that each of us lives. Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is Heartfelt, hilarious, and full of wonder- My Brilliant Life is extraordinary and Ae-ran Kim astounds. the humor, wisdom, and grace of this family carry us through a touching story of the hardest of times. Margarita Montimore, USA Today bestselling author of Oona Out of Order Poetic. Margarita Montimore, USA Today bestselling author of Oona Out of Order Review Quotes This novel snuck up on me and captured my heart. This novel snuck up on me and captured my heart.

Through it all, Areum and his family will have you laughing and crying, for all the right reasons. He hopes to present it on his birthday, as a final gift to his mom and dad their own falling-in-love story. For several months, Areum has been working on a manuscript, piecing together his parents often embellished stories about his family and childhood. Areum lives life to its fullest, vicariously through the stories of his parents, conversations with Little Grandpa Jang-his sixty-year-old neighbor and best friend-and through the books he reads to visit the places he would otherwise never see. O, The Oprah Magazine Ae-ran Kims My Brilliant Life explores family bonds and out-of-the-ordinary friendships, interweaving the past and present of a tight-knit family, finding joy and happiness in even the most difficult times. Book Synopsis A BEST OF THE MONTH SELECTION BY OPRAH MAGAZINE AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2021 An eminent South Korean talent makes her American dbut in this poignant watercolor of a novel. About the Book Translations of: Tugun tugun nae insaeng.
