My Brilliant Life
  • Published:
    Feb-2021 (Hardcover)
    Feb-2022 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Age Level:
    12-17
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A BEST OF THE MONTH SELECTION BY OPRAH MAGAZINE
AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2021

“An eminent South Korean talent makes her American début in this poignant watercolor of a novel . . . Kim is a writer on the move.” -- O, The Oprah Magazine


Ae-ran Kim's My Brilliant Life explores family bonds and out-of-the-ordinary friendships, interweaving the past and present of a tight-knit family, finding joy and happiness in even the most difficult times.

Areum lives life to its fullest, vicariously through the stories of his parents, conversations with Little Grandpa Jang -- his sixty-year-old neighbor and best friend -- and through the books he reads to visit the places he would otherwise never see.

For several months, Areum has been working on a manuscript, piecing together his parents' often embellished stories about his family and childhood. He hopes to present it on his birthday, as a final gift to his mom and dad; their own falling-in-love story.

Through it all, Areum and his family will have you laughing and crying, for all the right reasons.

“This novel snuck up on me and captured my heart.” -- Margarita Montimore, USA Today bestselling author of Oona Out of Order

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    •  
    • Feb-2022
    • Daw
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1250750563
    • ISBN13: 9781250750563
    • First Edition
    • Feb-2021
    • Daw
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1250750555
    • ISBN13: 9781250750556
    •  
    • Mar-2021
    • Gale, A Cengage Company
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1432885456
    • ISBN13: 9781432885458
    •  
    • Jan-2021
    • Forge Books
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Feb-2021
    • Daw
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1250750547
    • ISBN13: 9781250750549



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