“To read Ae-ran Kim is to fall in love with her.” Heather Harpham, award-winning playwright and author of Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After “Areum discovers more wisdom, humor, and insight in seventeen years of life than many of us find in a lifetime.” Kathleen Rooney, national bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk “Stylish and engaging, this eloquent book encompasses with compassion and discernment the ordinary miracles of birth and death and everything in between.” Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet When you read this book, give them my regards. They’re so real to me I feel like adding them to my Christmas card list. “This is one of those novels where the characters seem to have immortal souls. Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had “A moving, earnest, and deeply-felt exploration of a unique family in all its joys and disappointments.” Bryan Washington, USA Today bestselling author of Memorial Her novel is a warm, expansive exploration of family, the many different ways we love, and the infinite lives that each of us lives. “Heartfelt, hilarious, and full of wonder-My Brilliant Life is extraordinary and Ae-ran Kim astounds. Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is
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 “This novel snuck up on me and captured my heart.” “This novel snuck up on me and captured my heart.” -Margarita Montimore, USA Today bestselling author of Oona Out of OrderĪt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. 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. Kim is a writer on the move.” -O, The Oprah MagazineĪe-ran Kim's 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.Īreum 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.įor several months, Areum has been working on a manuscript, piecing together his parents’ often embellished stories about his family and childhood. “An eminent South Korean talent makes her American début in this poignant watercolor of a novel. A BEST OF THE MONTH SELECTION BY OPRAH MAGAZINE
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