Is loving your mother worth the pain?

Author Mary H.K. Choi is obsessed with her mom.

New York Times bestselling author, Mary H.K Choi , is known for her young adult novels Emergency Contact and Yolk . But her latest novel, Pool House , is for adults, and details the relationship between a Korean-American D-list actress in her 40s and her 20-year old daughter, who’s always lived in her mother’s shadow.

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