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Han, Joseph.
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Korean Americans -- Fiction.
Restaurants -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Bisexuals -- Fiction.
Spirit possession -- Fiction.
Honolulu (Hawaii) -- Fiction.
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Han, Joseph.
Korean Americans -- Fiction.
Restaurants -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Bisexuals -- Fiction.
Spirit possession -- Fiction.
Honolulu (Hawaii) -- Fiction.
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Nuclear
family
: a
novel
/ Joseph Han.
by
Han, Joseph.
Counterpoint, 2022.
Call #:
FICTION HAN
Subjects
Korean Americans -- Fiction.
Restaurants -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Family
secrets -- Fiction.
Bisexuals -- Fiction.
Spirit possession -- Fiction.
Honolulu (Hawaii) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781640094864 (hc.)
Edition:
1st hardcover ed.
Description:
299 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
Mr. and Mrs. Cho run a successful chain of Hawai'ian plate lunch restaurants, and their adult children are finding their way in the world: 21-year-old Grace is graduating in a few months, and 25-year-old Jacob is teaching English in Seoul. They're set to take over the restaurants when Umma and Appa retire. But when Jacob is captured by the South Korean government for attempting to run across the DMZ, the Chos' peaceful lives are shattered. What could possess Jacob to do something so stupid? The Chos don't know that Jacob has been literally possessed by his wily grandfather's ghost, don't know that Jacob is hiding his bisexuality and confusion over his identity as a Korean-American; they don't know that Grace is constantly stoned and plotting her escape from the island and her
family
's expectations. The children don't know the burdens of their immigrant parents.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
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