Nancy Kim
Nancy S. Kim (born 1966) is a Korean American novelist.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in Los Angeles, she is a corporate lawyer in San Francisco, a Law Professor in San Diego, and the author of the novel Chinhominey's Secret.
Chinhominey's Secret
[edit]Chihominey's Secret is Nancy Kim's first novel.[1] It tells the story of the Choi family, a Korean American family in West L.A. living with a haunting prophecy from 20+ years ago. Through the family, the novel examines the generational conflict between immigrant parents and their assimilated, Americanized daughters as their Korean grandfather comes to visit.[1] The book's title is an intentional misspelling of the Korean word for "paternal grandmother", chinhalmeoni (친할머니).
Linda Richards, writing for January Magazine, praised it as "an engaging story, well told".[2]
However, Philip Gambone of The New York Times was more critical, stating that "we're given melodramatic plot twists and scenes that serve no purpose ... and the dialogue often reads like a soap opera".[3]
Chinhominey's Secret was a Booklist Editor's Choice for Best Adult Books for Young Adults for 1999.[4]
Works
[edit]- Chinhominey's Secret, Bridge Works, 2001, ISBN 978-1-882593-49-1, OCLC 40043545
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Fiction Book Review: Chinhominey's Secret by Nancy Kim, Author Bridge Works Publishing Company $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-882593-28-6". PublishersWeekly.com. March 1999. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ Richards, Linda L. (August 1999), "The Sins of the Grandmother", January Magazine, retrieved 2011-09-20
- ^ Gambone, Philip (1999-07-18), "Nancy Kim's first novel Chinhominey's Secret", The New York Times, retrieved 2011-09-29
- ^ Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 1999, by | Booklist Online, retrieved 2012-11-16
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