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This sweeping intergenerational saga" tells the story of a pampered & defiant South Korean matriarch thrust into the afterlife from which she seeks a second chance to make amends (Kirstin Chen)—& fights off a tragic curse that could devastate generations to come.

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In South Korea, Hak Jeonga, a 105-year-old woman receives a letter. Ten days later, she has been thrust into the afterlife, fighting to head off a curse that will otherwise devastate generations to come.
 
Hak Jeonga has always shouldered the burden of upholding the family name. When she sent her daughter-in-law to America to cover up an illegitimate birth, she was simply doing what was needed to preserve the reputations of her loved ones. How could she have known that decades later, this decision would return to haunt her—threatening to tear apart her bond with her beloved son, her relationship with her infuriatingly insolent sisters, & the future of the family she has worked so hard to protect?

Part ghost story & part family epic, The Apology is an incisive tale of sisterhood & diaspora, reaching back to the days of Japanese colonialism & the Korean War, & told through the singular voice of a defiant, funny, & unforgettable centenarian.

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Jimin Han was born in Seoul, South Korea, & grew up in Providence, Rhode Island; Dayton, Ohio; & Jamestown, New York. Her work has been supported by the New York State Council on the Arts. She is the author of A Small Revolution & has written for American Public Media's Weekend America, Poets & Writers, & Catapult, & other media outlets. She teaches at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, Pace University, & community writing centers. She lives outside New York City with her husband & children.