Me,Then

"A captivating story that lingers far beyond the final pages."—Brunonia Barry, The Lace Reader

"... an epic chronicle of a child's suffering and passage through a crazy but thoroughly human mess of a family... It's a gift of empathy and courage to anyone who reads it."—Steven Pressfield, The Legend of Bagger Vance

From author Mia Kim comes a stunning, inspiring debut novel about a young Korean girl's struggle to reunite with her mother.

Suyoung, burdened with the stigma and shame of being born out of wedlock in 1960's Korea, is hidden with her aunt while her mother works and lives in an American army base on the outskirts of Seoul.

The rough years at her aunt's turn even darker when her mother marries a US soldier and flies to America, promising to send for her in a few months. Suyoung is eight years old.

Months turn into years. When her aunt falls deeper and deeper into poverty, the family turns on her with cruelty. Suyoung spirals down.

How will she find the courage and resources to fight for her humanity and survival?

Her defiant struggle will hold the reader in suspense until the final page.