Michelle Zauner
What is a musician/songwriter?
This Korean-American grocery store inspired the title of the memoir.
What is H Mart?
The culture Michelle seeks to reconnect with after her mother's death
What is Korea/Korean?
This disease is responsible for Michelle's mother's declining health.
What is cancer?
This genre tells a true story from the author's own life, usually focusing on particular experiences rather than attempting to tell the author's entire life story.
What is a memoir?
This is the state where Michelle spends much of her childhood.
What is Oregon?
This is the man Michelle marries, who becomes an important source of support during her mother's illness and after her death.
Who is Peter?
This is the relationship Michelle is primarily grieving throughout the memoir.
What is her relationship with her mother?
Because Michelle Zauner is both the author and the person whose experiences she recounts, the memoir is written primarily from this point of view.
What is first person?
This is the name of Michelle's band.
What is Japanese Breakfast?
True or False:
As a young child, Michelle was proud of her Korean background.
What is False?
Michelle's aunt that she becomes close with after her mother's death
Who is Nami?
Michelle's mother eventually travels to this country for treatment after becoming seriously ill.
What is South Korea?
Rather than recounting her life strictly from birth to the present, Zauner moves between different periods of her life to connect past experiences with her present understanding. This is an example of this type of structure.
What is a nonlinear structure?
This is Michelle's mother's name.
Who is Chongmi?
This spicy Korean staple made from fermented vegetables becomes an important part of Michelle's memories of her mother and Korean culture.
What is kimchi?
Michelle's mother's close friend from Japan that helps care for her in her final months
Who is Kye?
Michelle's mother's short life span prompts this event to take place
What is Michelle's wedding?
A detailed account of someone's entire life written by that same person (not a memoir)
What is an autobiography?
The album Michelle released following the death of her mother, even including her mother on the album cover.
What is Psychopomp?
This character has a past rooted in addiction and loss
Who is Michelle's Father?
After her mother's death, Michelle begins watching this popular Youtuber.
Who is Maangchi?
Michelle's mother's cancer type
What is pancreatic cancer?
Memoirs are important to the author for this reason
What is they allow the author to reflect and interpret core memories and events in a specific, meaningful way?
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