Amazing. This book is for all the readers with unresolved daddy issues (jkjk).

FATHER’S LIBERATION DIARY (I found this translation online but haven’t seen any plans of this book being translated into English yet) is an autofiction following a former socialist/communist’s daughter (FMC) and the various people she met in her dad’s funeral.


The FMC’s dad was a political prisoner, and because of his politics, his family suffered greatly. But as the daughter meets various guests in the funeral, she sees other sides of her late father.

At its core, FATHER’S LIBERATION DIARY depicts the multitudes of a dad whose youth was defined by his politics and imprisonment. With humorous yet heartfelt writing, I cackled at the FMC’s comments on her father’s faults and imperfections, but also sobbed when the FMC realizes how her dad upholds his socialist ideologies to help his community.

The final moments of how we put down our divisions to memorialize a member of the community is another profound angle. How the FMC processes her father’s passing and find solace in his friends & comrades is equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking.

The author’s note absolutely broke me