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A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung

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aweekinthelife's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

content/material-wise, this book like a part ii/continuation of Chung's previous memoir, All You Can Ever Know.

the bulk of the book is reflecting on her relationship with her parents post-college, their illnesses (renal failure ande cancer), and losing them - all while located on the other side of the country and later, unexpectedly due to the pandemic. the reflections on her grief are moving and the memoir underscores the failure of our (US) healthcare system and how her middle class (self-identified label) parents struggled to afford and have access to real healthcare amidst job losses.

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zalouis's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

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dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This book is so emotional and raw! It walks through Chung losing both of her parents, one that she was limited in visiting because of COVID.

It also walks through Chung's experience being a Korean woman adopted into a white family. It really shocked me how much guilt she carried and learning about her experience was very honest to me!

I could definitely see this book being hard to read if you recently lost a parent or lost someone during COVID so please check content warnings!

Thank you to Ecco for sending me a copy of this book!

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