A dark tale of violence, faith and loss follows the experiences of a young Korean-American woman at an elite university who is drawn into acts of domestic terrorism by a cult with ties to North Korea.

"After investment banker Jessie Kim is laid off in a virtual meeting, she moves back to Tennessee to live with her loving but meddling mother and father. There she runs into her childhood nemesis, Daniel Choi, and begrudgingly accepts his help to relaunch her long abandoned Korean cooking YouTube channel: Hanguk Hacks, showcasing easy meal-prep for busy professionals. Just as she discovers Daniel's life isn't as perfect as it seems, and there is more...

Learning on the night of her sister's birth that a daughter has been lost in every generation of her Korean family, Janie assumes a protective role over her sister while learning more cautionary stories from her optimistic father and mythology-minded mother until her sister's abrupt defection years later reveals painful family secrets.

"At the age of thirty-nine, Alice Chang suddenly finds herself living in the last place she expected: her mother's house. But in the face of divorce, eviction, and the recent death of her father, she doesn't have a choice...Then she finds her father's old journal and uncovers a shocking family secret that forces her to question everything she thought she knew about love, regret, family, and her own path forward"--

"A passionate, no-holds-barred memoir about the Asian American experience in a nation defined by racial stratification. When Julia Lee was fifteen, her hometown went up in smoke during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The daughter of Korean immigrant store owners in a predominantly Black neighborhood, Julia was taught to be grateful for the privilege afforded to her. However, the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of Rodney King, following...

Helena Rho was six years old when her family left Seoul, Korea, for America and its opportunities. Years later, her Korean-ness behind her, Helena had everything a model minority was supposed to want: she was married to a white American doctor and had a beautiful home, two children, and a career as an assistant professor of pediatrics. For decades she fulfilled the expectations of others. All the while Helena kept silent about the traumas--both professional...