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Enter the Please Look After Mom Sweepstakes

Kyung-Sook Shin’s Please Look After Mom is a poignant, startling examination of motherhood and family. Awarded the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize, the novel is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love.

When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband in a subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her. Yet as long-held secrets and private sorrows begin to reveal themselves, they are forced to wonder: how well did they actually know the woman they called Mom? Of the book, Cutting For Stone author Abraham Verghese said: “Here is a deeply felt journey into a culture foreign to many—yet with a theme that is universal in its appeal. A terrific novel that stayed with me long after I’d finished its final, haunting pages. This is a real discovery.” Click to download our reading group guide and to read an excerpt.

We’re giving away ten copies of Please Look After Mom. Click to enter for your chance to win! Sweepstakes us open to United States residents 18 and over; entries must be received by April 26, 2012 at 11:59 pm.