In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and perseverance, Michelle Zauner proves herself to be a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She describes growing up as one of the few Asian American children in a school in Eugene, Oregon, struggling with exceptionally high expectations from her mother, a difficult adolescence, and the precious months she spent in her grandmother's small apartment in Seoul.

As she grew up, moved to the East Coast for college, found work in the restaurant industry, played gigs in a fledgling band, and met the man who would become her husband, being Korean seemed increasingly distant. When Michelle was 25, her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, which led her to reexamine her identity and reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her.

Vivacious, candid, lyrical, and honest, Zauner's voice shines as vibrantly on the page as it does on stage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that resonate far and wide, and filled with family photos, Crying in H Mart is a book to be treasured, shared, and reread.