A memoir of grief, food, and family. Korean-American Michelle Zauner was born in Seoul but grew up in Eugene, Oregon. She was struggling to make her indie-music dreams come true when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. The next year was an exhausting struggle against the illness and the medical system, which consumed their whole family. Michelle relates many memories that center on food, ones from her childhood trips to Korea, ones from trying to nourish her dying mother, and ones from after her mother's passing as she tries to recreate the tastes from her memories. Well written and emotional.