Good Family

By Hajin Seo

This collection of eight stories--cynical and sympathetic by turns--represents the author's attempt to document and understand the conflicts, resentments, hatreds, and anxieties of contemporary family life. The title story depicts a mother's busy day playing numerous roles--ashamed, fearless, or humble--depending on which member of her family she's tending to. In The Privacy of My Father, a daughter tracks her father to Hong Kong in order to spy on what she thinks is an illicit affair. All in all, says Seo Hajin, family means deception--but these masks aren't so easily removed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628971185
• ISBN13: 9781628971187
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher