But I believe that the larger miracle exists in the ordinary, in the living of an ordinary life and dying at an ordinary age. I think so, too not very many people in my situation have lived past their seventeenth birthdays. People say it’s a miracle that I’ve lived this long. If you want to download a digital preview to read on your e-reader of choice, check out our free digital preview! If you want to start from the beginning of the book, read the first chapter over on NetGalley. Please enjoy the following excerpt of the second chapter! My Brilliant Life will be available on January 26, 2021. Through it all, Areum and his family will have you laughing and crying, for all the right reasons. He hopes to present it on his birthday, as a final gift to his mom and dad their own falling-in-love story. Ae-ran Kim’s My Brilliant Life, translated by Chi-Young Kim, explores family bonds and out-of-the-ordinary friendships, interweaving the past and present of a tight-knit family, finding joy and happiness in even the most difficult times.Īreum lives life to its fullest, lives vicariously through the stories of his parents, conversations with Little Grandpa Jang-his sixty-year-old neighbor and best friend-and through the books he reads to visit the places he would otherwise never see.įor several months, Areum has been working on a manuscript, piecing together his parents’ often embellished stories about his family and childhood.
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