Nancy Kim
{{short description|American novelist}}
Nancy S. Kim (born 1966) is a Korean American novelist.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in Los Angeles, she is a corporate lawyer in San Francisco, a Law Professor in San Diego, and the author of the novel Chinhominey's Secret.
''Chinhominey's Secret''
Chihominey's Secret is Nancy Kim's first novel.{{Cite web|title=Fiction Book Review: Chinhominey's Secret by Nancy Kim, Author Bridge Works Publishing Company $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-882593-28-6|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-882593-28-6|access-date=2021-05-14|website=PublishersWeekly.com|date=March 1999 |language=en}} It tells the story of the Choi family, a Korean American family in West L.A. living with a haunting prophecy from 20+ years ago. Through the family, the novel examines the generational conflict between immigrant parents and their assimilated, Americanized daughters as their Korean grandfather comes to visit. The book's title is an intentional misspelling of the Korean word for "paternal grandmother", chinhalmeoni (친할머니).
Linda Richards, writing for January Magazine, praised it as "an engaging story, well told".{{citation|url=http://januarymagazine.com/fiction/chinsecret.html|periodical=January Magazine|title=The Sins of the Grandmother|first=Linda L.|last=Richards|date=August 1999|accessdate=2011-09-20}}
However, Philip Gambone of The New York Times was more critical, stating that "we're given melodramatic plot twists and scenes that serve no purpose ... and the dialogue often reads like a soap opera".{{citation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/07/18/bib/990718.rv103322.html|date=1999-07-18|title=Nancy Kim's first novel Chinhominey's Secret|first=Philip|last=Gambone|periodical=The New York Times|accessdate=2011-09-29}}
Chinhominey's Secret was a Booklist Editor's Choice for Best Adult Books for Young Adults for 1999.{{citation|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice-Adult-Books-for-Young-Adults-1999/pid=3605108|accessdate=2012-11-16|title=Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 1999, by | Booklist Online }}
Works
- {{citation|title=Chinhominey's Secret|publisher=Bridge Works|year=2001|isbn=978-1-882593-49-1|oclc=40043545}}
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Category:American writers of Korean descent
Category:South Korean emigrants to the United States
Category:American women novelists
Category:Novelists from Los Angeles
Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:20th-century American novelists
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