2021: A very enjoyable memoir (especially the audiobook, read by the author!) but too specific of a story for me to 100% relate to.

Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to find my own connection to this story until my own mother dies. Zauner takes us on a grueling journey of grief, and attempting to reconcile a strong, hard, fierce mother, with the giant hole that her loss leaves on her life. If you've lost a loved one and are looking for someone else's journey to commiserate with, this is the memoir for you.

Otherwise, this was a pretty short, well written but a little bit choppy, book that jumped all over the place. Maybe you know Zauner from her music, but this was my first introduction to Japanese Breakfast. Maybe you read her essay in The New Yorker and wanted to see how much she expanded on it in this book (honestly, not by a whole ton). Maybe you are also Korean-American, and would like to see more of your life story reflected in the memoirs you read.

This memoir gave me major [b:Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story|51231889|Nobody Will Tell You This But Me A True (as Told to Me) Story|Bess Kalb|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1567522860l/51231889._SX50_SY75_.jpg|71849279] vibes, but I loved that book more. Start there, and if you meet any of the criteria above or you're a part of the Dead Moms Club, come here next.