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In South Korea, 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 h...

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

Across Korea and Canada and the Midwest, these lonely protagonists guide us through ennui, delusion and even the afterlife.

Bethanne Patrick's recommended reads for August include new fiction from Lydia Kiesling and Angie Kim, plus stories of cons, kidnapping and tennis.