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Yoon Choi
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WINNER OF THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE • The breathtaking debut of an important new voice - centered on a constellation of Korean American families
“To encounter these achingly truthful, beautiful stories of newcomer Americans is like gazing up at the starry vault of a perfect night sky; it’s immediately dazzling and impressive, and yet the closer and deeper you look, the more you appreciate the sheer countless brilliance.” —Chang-rae Lee, author of My Year Abroad
A long-married couple is forced to confront their friend's painful past when a church revival comes to a nearby town ... A woman in an arranged marriage struggles to connect with the son she hid from her husband for years ... A well-meaning sister unwittingly reunites an abuser with his victims.
Through an indelible array of lives, Yoon Choi explores where first and second generations either clash or find common ground, where meaning falls in the cracks between languages, where relationships bend under the weight of tenderness and disappointment, where displacement turns to heartbreak.
Skinship is suffused with a profound understanding of humanity and offers a searing look at who the people we love truly are.
©2021 Yoon Choi (P)2021 Random House AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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Winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
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"Extraordinary.... Magical.... Reading Choi’s stories reminds me of how I felt when I first read the works of other singular sensations like Kevin Wilson or Karen Russell, writers who do things with language and storytelling that no one else has quite done before.... It’s Choi’s approach, the way her stories unexpectedly splinter out from a single life to touch upon decades of family history shaped by immigration, that makes them something special.... All these stories are standouts, but the title story is in a class of its own.” (Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air/NPR)
"Beautiful.... A rich and engaging new voice.... With refreshing amplitude, patience, and (dare I say) wisdom, Choi’s stories explore the complexities of her characters’ diverse experiences.” (Claire Messud, Harper’s)
"In every sense of the word 'skinship', there is an element of affection, one that seeps through every page of Choi’s debut.... Choi’s characters live, forget, make bonds, break them, heal them or not. Their affections are no less deep for the circumstances that often separate them from one another." (New York Times Book Review)
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Twelve months after her younger sister Anahita's death, Mitra Jahani reluctantly returns to her parents' home in suburban New Jersey to observe the Iranian custom of "The One Year." Ana is always in Mitra's heart, though they chose very different paths. While Ana, sweet and dutiful, bowed to their domineering father's demands and married, Mitra rebelled, and was banished.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable
- By J. E. Jordan on 05-23-23
By: Susanne Pari
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The Fourth Child
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- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4 out of 5 stars 72
The author of Break in Case of Emergency follows up her the “extraordinary debut” (The Guardian) with a moving novel about motherhood and marriage, adolescence and bodily autonomy, family and love, religion and sexuality, and the delicate balance between the purity of faith and the messy reality of life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Just OK - Considered Bailing
- By Madeleine Homan on 04-18-21
By: Jessica Winter
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One True Thing
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- Narrated by: Christina Moore
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 464
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 464
A young woman sits in jail, accused of the mercy killing of her dying mother. She didn't do it, but she thinks she knows who did. In the last months of her life, Ellen Gulden's mother revealed startling secrets that challenged everything Ellen believed about her family. Now, in jail, Ellen believes those secrets will tell her who had the courage to end her mother's suffering.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Quindlen's writing skills shine in One True Thing.
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By: Anna Quindlen
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The Pull of the Moon
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- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 94
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 95
In the middle of her life, Nan decides to leave her husband at home and begin an impromptu trek across the country, carrying with her a turquoise leather journal she intends to fill. The Pull of the Moon is a novel about a woman coming to terms with issues of importance to all women. In her journal, Nan addresses the thorniness - and the allure - of marriage, the sweet ties to children, and the gifts and lessons that come from random encounters.
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4 out of 5 stars
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For women over 50
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By: Elizabeth Berg
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Agatha of Little Neon
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- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4 out of 5 stars 84
Agatha has lived every day of the last seven years with her sisters: They work together, laugh together, pray together. Their world is contained within the little house they share. The four of them are devoted to Mother Roberta and to their quiet, purposeful life. But when the parish goes broke, the sisters are forced to move. They land in Woonsocket, a former mill town now dotted with wind turbines.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Xceptional!
- By Bebe Guill on 08-11-21
By: Claire Luchette
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The Time Traveler's Wife
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- Narrated by: Fred Berman, Phoebe Strole
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,784
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,246
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,265
Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was 36. They were married when Clare was 23 and Henry was 31. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my favorite books
- By Joey on 01-13-08
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4 out of 5 stars 38
Twin sisters Bibike and Ariyike are enjoying a relatively comfortable life in Lagos in 1996. Then their mother loses her job due to political strife, and the family, facing poverty, is drawn into the New Church, an institution led by a charismatic pastor who is not shy about worshipping earthly wealth. Soon Bibike and Ariyike's father wagers the family home on a sure bet that evaporates like smoke.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Story - Awful accents
- By Tamara C-J on 02-15-21
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The Rest of Her Life
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 80
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Story4 out of 5 stars 80
Leigh is the mother of high-achieving, popular high school senior Kara. Their relationship is already strained for reasons Leigh does not fully understand when, in a moment of carelessness, Kara makes a mistake that ends in tragedy, the effects of which not only divide Leigh's family, but polarize the entire community.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Obnoxious musical interludes ruin the story
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All Manner of Things
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story5 out of 5 stars 55
When Annie Jacobson's brother Mike enlists as a medic in the Army in 1967, he hands her a piece of paper with the address of their long-estranged father. If anything should happen to him in Vietnam, Mike says, Annie must let their father know. In Mike's absence, their father returns to face tragedy at home, adding an extra measure of complication to an already tense time. As they work toward healing and pray fervently for Mike's safety overseas, letter by letter the Jacobsons must find a way to pull together as a family, regardless of past hurts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Real fiction
- By Katijanae on 01-19-23
By: Susie Finkbeiner
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Lone Stars
- By: Justin Deabler
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26
Lone Stars follows the arc of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America. Julian Warner, a father at last, wrestles with a question his husband posed: what will you tell our son about the people you came from, now that they're gone? Finding the answers takes Julian back in time to Eisenhower's immigration border raids, an epistolary love affair during the Vietnam War, crumbling marriages, queer migrations to Cambridge and New York, up to the disorienting polarization of Obama's second term.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read for bookclub but fell in Love
- By Ericka Lawson on 09-11-22
By: Justin Deabler
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A Nail Through The Heart
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- By: Timothy Hallinan
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 521
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 443
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Story4 out of 5 stars 441
Poke Rafferty was writing offbeat travel guides for the young and terminally bored when Bangkok stole his heart. Now the American expat is assembling a new family with Rose, the former go-go dancer he wants to marry, and Miaow, the tiny, streetwise urchin he wants to adopt. But trouble in the guise of good intentions comes calling just when everything is beginning to work out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ever been to Bangkok?
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Scars and Stilettos - 2nd Edition
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Scars and Stilettos: At 13, after being abandoned by her mother one summer and left to take care of her younger brother, Harmony becomes susceptible to a relationship that turns out to be toxic, abusive, and ultimately exploitative. She eventually finds herself working in a strip club at the age of 19, and her boyfriend becomes her pimp, controlling her every move and taking all of her money. Ultimately, she discovers a path to freedom and a whole new life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A religious book
- By Amazonbuyer on 10-12-21
By: Harmony Dust
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- Zeljko Z.
- 09-09-21
Phenomenal The Author for me is a amalgam ofChech
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- patty15 in OC
- 09-15-21
Intimate stories to remind us how much we share.
I was unexpectedly captivated by the stories in this collection. The book was recommended by Maureen Corrigan on the Fresh Air podcast so I gave it a try. In spite of my having almost no connection with Korean culture, the lives of these characters seemed relatable and the descriptions and thoughts drew me into the past, present, and sometimes, the imagined future of my new acquaintences. I especially liked "Map of the Simplified World" and "The Art of Losing." These were not the same stories Corrigan highlighted so there is much here for everyone.
I took one star off "performance" only because in the first one or two stories the characters sounded so completely American with no hint of accent that they seemed miscast. In hindsight this was perhaps intentional. Maybe a re-listen would change my mind.
This selection was well worth my monthly Audible credit. Try it!
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- Sue
- 09-14-23
Wow.
Beautifully written…beautifully read. From tales friends have told this portrays so well the flavor of Korean lives lived in the US. Enjoyed more and more the longer I read.
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- Marla Lev
- 12-14-21
My favorite from this year!
This is one of the most beautifully written books of our time. I can’t say enough good things about it!
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- Janet
- 11-17-21
Masterful Writing
Truly masterfully written. The details…the very specific choices the author made makes each story so realistic. I have somehow found that I relate to these characters. Like I’ve stepped into their heads! I get so immersed in each short story that I’m sad when each is over. I think each short story could be expanded into a book.
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