Combining a unique setting with universal themes PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER is a beautifully rendered novel about sacrifice guilt & the ties of family love PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER is the story of So-nyo a wife & mother who has lived a life of sacrifice & compromise In the past she suffered a stroke leaving her vulnerable & often confused Now travelling from the Korean countryside to the Seoul of her grown-up children So-nyo is separated from her husband when the doors close on a packed train As her children & husband search the streets they recall So-nyo's life & all they have left unsaid Through their piercing voices we begin to discover the desires heartaches & secrets she harboured within & as the mystery of her disappearance unravels we uncover a larger mystery that of all mothers & children how affection exasperation hope & guilt add up to love Compassionate redemptive & beautifully written PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER will reconnect you to the story of your own family & to the forgotten sacrifices that lie at its heart