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O’Brien resolves to tell Bowker’s story, and the story of Kiowa’s death, in order to negotiate his own feelings of guilt and hollowness. The Last Story of Mina Lee (Book) : Kim, Nancy Jooyoun : Margot Lee's mother isn't returning her calls. A story to fill the generational gap between mothers and daughters, sprinkled with mystery, self-discovery, and love. Its relatability aside, The Last Story of Mina Lee ($20) by Nancy Jooyoun Kim is a timely, important novel this election season, and I recommend you give it a … Margot Kim hasn't seen or spoken to her mother in … It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot, until she visits her childhood apartment in Koreatown and finds her mother dead under suspicious circumstances. After finding that her mother has died, the daughter, Margot, starts to unravel her mother’s past. The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim is the tale of a mother and daughter and the distance that’s always lived between them. 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