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Please Look After Mom, by Kyung-sook Shin, is a Korean fiction that explores the lives of a family when the mother vanishes. The story follows the children’s desperate search for her, revealing the depth of her dedication and the cost of familial duty. Themes of motherhood, sacrifice, and missing persons are woven into a heartfelt narrative.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Kyung-sook Shin
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