Crying in H Mart

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

July 25, 2025 by llp Leave a Comment

This memoir had been on my radar for some time, but I just wasn’t sure if I had the emotional wherewithal to read a book about losing your mother to cancer. I had been thinking about it ever since I watched Michelle Zauner’s band, Japanese Breakfast, play on Saturday Night Live (sidebar: I looked it up to see when that performance occurred, and it was in 2022. WHAT EVEN IS TIME). However, when I had to do a very quick book shop to get something […]

Am I a masochist?

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

September 7, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith Leave a Comment

This is one that collected dust on my to-read list for years, forgotten about, until I saw a review here recently. Upon seeing that review, I immediately put in a hold request for it at the library, even though they only had a large print version, randomly, which always makes me feel self-conscious (I don’t need the large print, I swear!). I’ve barely listened to the author’s music, but the title, and the book’s acclaim, had me quite curious. You know, because I’m a masochist, […]

More H-Mart, Less Crying

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

July 24, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 6: Libations I’m reasonably sure I heard about Crying in H-Mart during an NPR interview with the author. It sounded pretty interesting and food-focused. Then after picking it up, with the red cover with a picture of noodles between chopsticks, I read the first essay, and then actually went to the nearest H-Mart (about an hour away as it turned out). The author’s H-Mart is quite different. I’m not complaining about that, but it does get to the incredibly personal nature of the book; […]

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