A review by karinlib
The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness by Kyung-sook Shin

4.0

I read [b:I'll Be Right There|18209505|I'll Be Right There|Kyung-Sook Shin|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1375064441s/18209505.jpg|25630312] by [a:Kyung-Sook Shin|7773619|Kyung-Sook Shin|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1409486756p2/7773619.jpg] last year and I have been wanting to read this and her first book [b:Please Look After Mom|8574333|Please Look After Mom|Kyung-Sook Shin|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1320413213s/8574333.jpg|13443181]. Although I didn't love this book as much as I'll Be Right There, I still enjoyed this immensely.

An unnamed narrator, who is a popular author in South Korea receives a call from an old co-worker, who is wondering if the author is ashamed of her once friends. So, the author writes the story of her years working in a stereo factory and going to school at night to finish High School.