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Kim's Convenience

by Ins Choi

A family legacy in a changing Toronto neighbourhood

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A family legacy in a changing Toronto neighbourhood

Set in Mr. Kim’s Regent Park variety store, the play brings the pressures of neighbourhood gentrification into close contact with questions of family inheritance and retirement. The possible sale of the shop forces a decision about what it means to pass on more than a livelihood, while the family’s relationships carry the weight of a long estrangement. Janet’s interest in photography and Jung’s return as a father add distinct generational perspectives to the family’s uncertain future. The store serves as both a business and the point where the family’s competing hopes and unresolved past meet.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in family drama shaped by immigration and generational differences.
  • For those seeking a play set amid change in downtown Toronto.
  • For readers drawn to stories about small businesses and family legacy.

Themes

Family and estrangementImmigration and generational differencesGentrificationLegacy and retirement

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Book overview

A brand new edition of the smash-hit play, now a wildly popular CBC TV series.

Mr. Kim is a first-generation Korean immigrant and the proud owner of Kim's Convenience, a variety store located in the heart of downtown Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood. As the neighbourhood quickly gentrifies, Mr. Kim is offered a generous sum of money to sell -- enough to allow him and his wife to finally retire. But Kim's Convenience is more than just his livelihood -- it is his legacy. As Mr. Kim tries desperately, and hilariously, to convince his daughter Janet, a budding photographer, to take over the store, his wife sneaks out to meet their estranged son Jung, who has not seen or spoken to his father in sixteen years and who has now become a father himself.

Wholly original, hysterically funny, and deeply moving, Kim's Convenience tells the story of one Korean family struggling to face the future amidst the bitter memories of their past.

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