Book #91 of 2022: Shelter by Jung Yun Just like author Jung Yun’s second novel O Beautiful, her 2016 debut is an absolutely brutal read, this time beginning with the protagonist’s elderly immigrant parents suffering assault and rape during a terrifying home invasion. In the aftermath, the story explores everyone’s deep layers of trauma, both …
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Book Review: O Beautiful by Jung Yun
Book #67 of 2022: O Beautiful by Jung Yun This novel is a real powerhouse, as scathing as it is insightful about white and male entitlement in small-town America. (The protagonist is sexually assaulted by her airplane seatmate in the opening chapter, and things don’t get any better from there.) She’s a fledgling reporter on …
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