And yet when the care home where she works insists that she lower her standard of care for an elderly dementia patient who has no family, who travelled the world as a successful diplomat, who chose not to have children, Green’s mother cannot accept it. Her daughter’s involvement in a case of unfair dismissal involving gay colleagues from the university where she works is similarly strange to her. one that boldly takes on the daunting task of humanizing someone whose prejudice has made her cruel. An admirably nuanced portrait of prejudice.

Having centred her life on her husband and child, her daughter’s definition of family is not one she can accept. In Concerning My Daughter, translated from Korean by Jamie Chang, Kim Hye-jin lays bare our most universal fears on ageing, death, and isolation, to offer finally a paean to love in all its forms. Concerning My Daughter ebook By Kim Hye-jin Read a Sample Format ebook ISBN 9781529057683 Author Kim Hye-jin Publisher Pan Macmillan Release 14 April 2022 Subjects Fiction Literature Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. In fact, she can barely bring herself to be civil. But when Green turns up with her girlfriend, Lane, in tow, her mother is unprepared and unwilling to welcome Lane into her home. When an ageing mother allows her thirty-something daughter to move into her apartment, she wants for her what many mothers might say they want for their child: a steady income, and, even better, a good husband with a good job with whom to start a family. You can read this before Concerning My Daughter PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Concerning My Daughter written by Kim Hye-Jin which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-Jin