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Review of ‘Forgotten Country’

The night her sister was born, Janie was warned by her grandmother to take good care of the new baby, since in their family, a sister disappears in every generation. So begins the beautiful debut novel Forgotten Country by Catherine Chung, a masterful exploration of generational tensions within a Korean family on two continents.

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Interview with Catherine Chung

Debut novelist Catherine Chung talks about her moving first novel Forgotten Country—our Top Pick in Fiction for March.

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