A review by annetjeberg
The Magical Language of Others by E.J. Koh

4.0

This was a beautiful read. The translated letters by the author's mother were wonderful, and in a way very eerie. Talking about dysfunctional families... Koh's parents move back to South Korea to pursue a job opportunity for her father, leaving their teenage daughter, and barely adult son back in the USA. Over the span of multiple years, Koh's mother writes her letters, which Koh translated for the book.

Koh is a marvelous writer, who has beautiful way with words (she is a poet after all).