CW: abandonment, animal/pet death, cheating, racism, and bullying

This was a spectacular memoir following Robin Ha's life from childhood to college as she learns more about her mother's reasoning for leaving Korea. This memoir tackles the topics of gender norms and stereotypes perpetuated onto Korean women, especially single mothers. I'm very glad Robin shared her story because it's an important and impactful one. This will resonate with a lot of immigrants as it talks about Ha's hardships and the depression + dark times she went through trying to fit in with her classmates when she first moved to America without speaking English and not having any ESL classes at her school.