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Lágrimas no Mercado by Michelle Zauner

123 reviews

samarshall's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Grief, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Infidelity

macykey's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

I read this book in the span of 24 hours. It just, it touched me in a way that I think is special to people who have been caretakers to sick and dying people. This book is also a beautiful look at the relationships between mothers and daughters that I think transcend culture and ethnicity. I assume that I relate to this book a little more closely than a large majority of the people who’ll read it. I am whiter than snow, but I was still able to relate to so much of this story. I was one of the main  caretakers for my grandmother (Memaw) in the last years of her life. I’ve witnessed any number of things that nobody should have to see in multiple lifetimes. Like Michelle, a lot of my relationship with Memaw was based around food. Whether that was healthy or not is a separate issue, but that’s just the way it was. We ate dinner together every Thursday night for several years. She shared recipes with me and when she got too weak to bake on her own, I did a lot of the heavy lifting. And when she had to move into an assisted living facility, I made the food we made together on my own and brought it to her. I was a vegan for a long period of time, so I also managed to sneak some of my own vegan baking in there for her. I’m sure if I thought about it for a second, I could still make her heath pudding by heart. The only difference in mine and Michelle’s stories is that I was the only family that my Memaw had with her, so I made sure to get to know as much as I could about her while she was still alive. I read articles to her about Jimmy Carter, she loved Jimmy Carter. I helped her clean out her desk, which was a time capsule in and of itself, and found so many things that I was able to ask her about. It’s not a stretch of the imagination to say that Memaw was my person. She’s been gone since August and I miss her every single day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Grief, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Excrement, Xenophobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Addiction

Minor: Abortion

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Michelle, this broke my heart several times as I read through it. I'm not Korean, but I wanted to be a musician for as long as I can remember, so I get you on many levels. I hope your mother rests in peace, and I hope you're happy; you deserve the best✨ I realized a lot of things from your memoir, kamsahamnida, unnie❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Vomit, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

idlereader's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Racism, and Abortion

graceexe's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

picked up this book in search of guidance with my own grief. cried a lot. 5/5 would do it again 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit and Medical content

Minor: Car accident, Infidelity, Racism, and Xenophobia

cassettetaped's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

gagereadsstuff's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief and Car accident

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Excrement, Mental illness, and Vomit

floki56's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

One of my favorite books. I think it’s the perfect model of a memoir. Not too centered on success and not too distracted from the writer’s life. It’s enlightening, well-paced, and creates a personal connection when reading. Speaks to many truths core to our human condition. Masterfully  written too. The only gripe I had was the wanderings in food that at some times felt repetitive. I’m not a huge foodie but I’m sure if I was my mouth would have been watering the whole time in addition to my eyes which already were. Oh and be sure to check out the author’s music too when you read this book, she rocks.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Cancer, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, and Death

rotatinglibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Cancer, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape, Excrement, Drug use, Abortion, Vomit, and Drug abuse

mpurdy's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

So well written. I was moved to tears in many parts. It was difficult to read her raw storytelling of her mother's journey battling cancer and her ultimate loss. Her writing was so effortless that it made the discussions on grief, guilt, regret easy to feel and understand. 
I loved the descriptions of food and how she connected not only to her mother but to her korean roots through it.
I just wanted to give Michelle a hug 🫂 and tell her how proud her mother would be of her. And how we all make mistakes as adolescents and young adults but its how we grow from them.
What a great start to the new year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Excrement, Terminal illness, Vomit, Car accident, and Medical content