"When a widowed, aging mother allows Green, her thirty-something daughter, to move into her apartment, all she wants for her is a stable and quiet existence like her own. But when Green turns up with her long-term girlfriend in tow, her mother is enraged and unwilling to welcome their relationship into her home. Having centered her life on her husband and child, her daughter's definition of family is not one she can accept. Meanwhile, the nursing home where she works insists that she lower her standard of care for Jen, an elderly dementia patient who traveled the world as a successful diplomat, chose not to have children, and has no family. Outraged, Green's mother begins to reconsider the unfair consequences of choosing one's own path"--Page 4 of cover.
Kim Hye-jin ; translated from the Korean by Jamie Chang.
"Originally published in Korea [in] 2017 by Minumsa Publishing Co., Ltd."--Title page verso.
"[English edition] first published [in] 2022 by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers International Limited"--Title page verso.
