Miracle Creek

Korean immigrant, trial lawyer and HBOT mom Angie Kim pens this incredible debut. Legal thriller wrapped in an incisive story of outsiders and immigrants. The lengths parent will go to for their children and the use of legal rhetoric to manipulate our sympathies. We have an explosion at the beginning of the book that kills two people but culpability is not so easily sussed out.

We jump from character to character as they slowly begin to fill in the blanks. Pak Yoo, the wild goose father who lived in a closet sized apartment in Seoul trying to save enough to join his family in America. Feeling less in a new country where language sets limits on what he might do. Emily, her life consumed with trips to countless therapy sessions, holistic organic stores and alternative treatment centers. Hours spent researching new medicines, medical advances and innovative research - everything focused on her child at the expense of her own life. Characters motivations and secrets leading to a satisfying but no less heartbreaking resolution.

Jaw dropper of a debut. Worth checking out - video review and ramblings here: https://youtu.be/WvyOeIsKUS4