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Concerning My Daughter

di Hye-Jin Kim

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"When a widowed, aging mother allows Green, her thirty-something daughter, to move into her apartment, all she wants for her is a stable and quiet existence like her own. But when Green turns up with her long-term girlfriend in tow, her mother is enraged and unwilling to welcome their relationship into her home. Having centered her life on her husband and child, her daughter's definition of family is not one she can accept. Meanwhile, the nursing home where she works insists that she lower her standard of care for Jen, an elderly dementia patient who traveled the world as a successful diplomat, chose not to have children, and has no family. Outraged, Green's mother begins to reconsider the unfair consequences of choosing one's own path"--Page 4 of cover.… (altro)
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Die Protagonistin ist Witwe und Mutter einer Tochter in Südkorea und arbeitet in der Altenpflege. Sowohl beruflich als auch privat steht sie vor zahlreichen Problemen. Der Umgang mit den alten Menschen in ihrem Heim ist unmenschlich, aber sie kann wenig dagegen tun, wenn sie nicht ihren Arbeitsplatz und damit ihre Lebensgrundlage verlieren will. Außerdem zieht ihre Tochter mit ihrer Freundin wieder bei ihr ein, was die Mutter, die mit dem homophoben Gedankengut ihrer Kultur erzogen worden ist, vor arge Probleme stellt. Und ihre Tochter nimmt lautstark den Kampf gegen die Homophobie in ihrem Land auf. In diesem Minenfeld versucht die Erzählerin, das Richtige zu tun.

Ein faszinierendes Buch darüber, wie eine Gesellschaft mit Schwachen und Randgruppen umgeht; keine der hier angesprochenen Problematiken ist wirklich auf Südkorea begrenzt, sie alle finden sich zu einem gewissen Grad auch in unserer Kultur. ( )
  Ellemir | Mar 29, 2024 |
So good!! ( )
  bmanglass | Aug 31, 2023 |
Per a mi una novel·la molt punyent on ens parla de la relació d'una mare amb la seva filla, el fet d'envellir, com funcionen les residencies d'avis , el rebuig a les dones lèsbiques o els homes gays. ( )
  Martapagessala | Mar 4, 2023 |
This was one of the worst and poorly written books I have ever read. If it were not so short (162 pages), I would have DNF’d it. Perhaps the problem is with the translator, I don’t know, but the book is difficult to read and the prose does not flow well at all.

The story is told in the first person by an unnamed narrator. She lets her daughter move in with her, and her daughter brings her lesbian girlfriend with her as well. This causes great grief with the narrator who feels she did not raise her daughter “properly.” The story also centers around the narrator’s job as a nurse at a nursing home. She is in charge of the care for an elderly patient, but she is prevented from properly caring for this patient by her employer, who ignores the patient’s infected bed sores and forces the narrator to not change the patient’s diaper when it is soiled. This adds more grief to the narrator.

I might have had more empathy for the narrator if her name was provided. As it is, it was difficult to relate to her. The daughter is selfish and a narcissist, who was unlikeable. The only character with any redeeming qualities was Lane, the daughter’s lesbian girlfriend.

Now that you know the narrative, you don’t have to read the book. Not worth the time. ( )
  dwcofer | Feb 3, 2023 |
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"When a widowed, aging mother allows Green, her thirty-something daughter, to move into her apartment, all she wants for her is a stable and quiet existence like her own. But when Green turns up with her long-term girlfriend in tow, her mother is enraged and unwilling to welcome their relationship into her home. Having centered her life on her husband and child, her daughter's definition of family is not one she can accept. Meanwhile, the nursing home where she works insists that she lower her standard of care for Jen, an elderly dementia patient who traveled the world as a successful diplomat, chose not to have children, and has no family. Outraged, Green's mother begins to reconsider the unfair consequences of choosing one's own path"--Page 4 of cover.

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