Yolk
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ISBN: 1534446001
EAN13: 9781534446007
Language: English
Release Date: Mar 2, 2021
Pages: 400
Dimensions: 1" H x 9" L x 6" W
Weight: 2.028253 lbs.
Format: Hardcover
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Book Overview

From New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi comes a funny and emotional story about two estranged sisters and how far they'll go to save one of their lives--even if it means swapping identities.

Jayne and June Baek are nothing alike. June's three years older, a classic first-born, know-it-all narc with a problematic finance job and an equally soulless apartment (according to Jayne). Jayne is an emotionally stunted, self-obsessed basket case who lives in squalor, has egregious taste in men, and needs to get to class and stop wasting Mom and Dad's money (if you ask June). Once thick as thieves, these sisters who moved from Seoul to San Antonio to New York together now don't want anything to do with each other.

That is, until June gets cancer. And Jayne becomes the only one who can help her.

Flung together by circumstance, housing woes, and family secrets, will the sisters learn more about each other than they're willing to confront? And what if while helping June, Jayne has to confront the fact that maybe she's sick, too?

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   Really good - curious why it's a YA book
I thought the characters were wonderful and loved a lot of the focus on the food images that were cleverly used to hint at eating disorder and how the eating disorder was introduced so subtly at first that it could almost have been missed. In this, a lot was really realistic and I liked the whole family situation. Not quite sure how I think about the ending, but I think it works. What I am puzzled about is why this is a YA book. The events involved and the huge usage of F-bombs seems more like a book aimed at slightly more mature audiences. I've imagining that it was some kind of marketing decision, but it seems strange.
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
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   Heavy but Great Read!
For the Bad Bitch Book Club, read. TW Disordered Eating, Cancer This is a truly beautiful book in a heartbreaking way. I don't have any sisters themselves, but I think this book would be wonderful for anyone who has a complicated relationship with their sister. I really liked Jayne as a major character, though she was flawed and battling. Watching her inner workings really helped me to love her. The writing style of this book was beautiful and the dialogue was kind of poetic. This is an extremely honest book, and I enjoyed that it was honest, even when the themes became difficult. It is also emotional and intentional. This was in my opinion kind of heavy for YA, but I am aging out of YA so that I might not be the best judge of it.
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
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   Bought As Gift But Returned But Have Read This Book And It's Great
Originally, I bought this as a gift for my sister, but ended up returning it. I returned it because I realized that my sister is someone who is more into non - fiction. But this book is SO GOOD! Originally, I borrowed it from my local library, but I highly recommend buying this book, because the story is so good! As a Latina woman who moved away from home at a young age, I could identify with a lot of what the characters went through as far as finding your identity and honoring your culture, etc. I identified a lot with the sister relationship as well as a lot of the stuff that one of the characters went through as far as the female-male sexual dynamic.
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
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   It took too long to get to the heart of the story!
I am '' 3.5-4 rating. I really enjoyed Emergency Contact, but I had a harder time getting through this book. The characters are not at first very likable. That is maybe the point of the author. Everybody has been flawed and everyone has a story. Hated this book so much ''. Somewhere around Page 230 '' is where the story finally caught for me. I read it with my friend and this book was triggering for her. It was for me like biting teeth. From near the middle end and all the way through, I was hooked. I wish it did not take so long to get there though. The way in which the author goes from flashbacks to the present moment can be so sudden and confusing. But overall, it was still a good read.
 
Recommended to buy: No
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   The Asian View of Family
Often, Asian families do not show loving behaviors such as hugging, kissing, and words of endearment. But the family ties are strong and the sense of responsibility towards family honor looms over every decision. In this book we see how familial ties bind, though the two sisters are trying to deny them. Crisis is what brings them together and in the process of helping each other, they learn about how deep love resides in the family. Love expressed in consideration of others, sacrifice and steadfastness.
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
5
   Mary HK Choi's Best Yet
I read all of Choi's books and this is my favorite. Her prose is exquisite and the sense of place she establishes in the NYC setting is beautiful and layered and made me miss living there during some parts of the story and glad I left others. The characters and the family dynamic are wholly satisfying. The relationships that the main character has with her sister and her mother are all complicated, tender, difficult, humorous and heartwarming at once. I also appreciated that this book deals with cancer, but does not get too clinical. And I don 't know a lot about disordered eating, but I thought the author did an amazing, nuanced job of crafting this aspect of the main character's life, and I appreciated such an intimate and humanizing look at bulimia. I loved this book and I want to read it and talk about it.
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
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   I LOVE THIS BOOK
I read and loved Choi's last two novels ; this is probably my favorite. It made me ugly cry, laugh my ass off and reread out loud phrases to my partner because they were too beautiful not to share. On a more personal note, this book also helped me to come to terms with my own struggles on eating body-imaged disordered. It is not a lighthearted read by any stretch of the imagination, but it is so wonderful. Do yourself a favor and get it ASAP.
 
Recommended to buy: Yes
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