The Last Story of Mina Lee A Reese's Book Club Pick

Margot Lee's mother, Mina, is ignoring her calls, a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot until she makes a surprise trip home to Koreatown, LA, and finds that her mother has suspiciously died. Determined to discover the truth, Margot begins to unravel her single mother's past as a Korean War orphan and an undocumented immigrant, only to realize how little she truly knew about the woman who raised her. Interwoven with Margot's present-day search is Mina's story of her first year in Los Angeles, where she navigated the promises and perils of the American myth of reinvention while barely earning a living stocking shelves at a Korean grocery store. It is there she falls in love, a moment that sets in motion a series of events with consequences that echo for decades, leading up to the truth of what happened the night of her death. Told through the intimate lens of a mother and daughter who struggled all their lives to understand each other, this novel explores identity, family, secrets, and what it truly means to belong.

Store Availability