This book was a bit hard to get through because it was very slow. It's about a Korean family. The mother of the family is missing after a trip to Seoul. The mother suffers from dementia. She and her husband take a trip to Seoul on a train. Unfortunately, her husband gets on the train, but she gets caught up in the crowd and doesn't make it on the train. The story revolves around finding her, and how the loss affects her family. The family talks about their memories of her and how they feel about each other. It was a really good story. ( )

Nobody can go away from reading this book without deciding to treat his or her mother better, to listen to her when she talks, and to treasure her more. ( )

A very highly regarded and very well-reviewed book that, in the end, left me pretty much unaffected. Mom goes missing and the rest of the book is about her children and her husband as they reflect on Mom even as they search for her. Nothing exceptional, to my mind, about the recollections and stories, happy moments, regrets, etc. Disappointing. ( )

I did not understand this book AT ALL. ( )

La novela se desarrolla a lo largo de cuatro partes narradas por cuatro voces distintas que revelan sus sentimientos ante la pérdida: la hija, una escritora que se pregunta si supo valorar el sacrificio de su madre; el hijo, que teme no haber vivido a la altura de sus expectativas; el marido, que se siente culpable por haberla dejado atrás; y por último la madre; una mujer humilde y generosa pero también con secretos y deseos escondidos.