Memento Mori

<p><strong>Don't look back.</strong></p>
<p>Did Eurydice want to return from the underworld? Did anybody ask?</p>
<p>In this brilliant portrait of rage and resilience a Korean woman tries to connect with her younger brother and grapple with family tragedy through bedtime stories that weave together Greek mythology neuroscience and tales from their grandmother’s slipping memory.</p>
<p>Recasting the myths of Eurydice Orpheus Persephone and Hades through the lens of a Korean American family Eunice Hong’s debut novel offers a moving and darkly funny exploration of grief love and the inescapability of death.</p>