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Yolk

by Mary H. K. Choi

Estranged sisters, pulled back together

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  • Author recognition

    By New York Times bestselling author Mary H. K. Choi

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  • Critical praise

    Praised by Entertainment Weekly for its insight and poignancy

    Praise for the book’s insight and poignancy.

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Estranged sisters, pulled back together

Jayne and June Baek’s relationship is shaped by years of sibling rivalry and a shared history of moving from Seoul to San Antonio and then New York. When June is diagnosed with cancer, Jayne becomes the person able to help her, bringing the sisters back into one another’s lives. The setup combines family conflict with questions of identity: the description points to an identity swap, housing difficulties, family secrets, and Jayne’s own possible illness as the pressures surrounding their reunion. At its core, the story examines what estranged siblings may owe each other—and what they are willing to face when one sister’s health is at stake.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in contemporary fiction about sibling relationships.
  • Readers who enjoy stories involving family secrets, identity, and sisters rebuilding a connection.
  • Readers seeking a family-centered story that addresses cancer and possible illness.

Themes

Estranged siblingsFamily responsibilityIdentityCancer and illnessFamily secrets

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Book overview

"Sneaks up on you with its insight and poignancy." --Entertainment WeeklyFrom

New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi comes a funny and emotional story about two estranged sisters and how far they'll go to save one of their lives--even if it means swapping identities.

Jayne and June Baek are nothing alike. June's three years older, a classic first-born, know-it-all narc with a problematic finance job and an equally soulless apartment (according to Jayne). Jayne is an emotionally stunted, self-obsessed basket case who lives in squalor, has egregious taste in men, and needs to get to class and stop wasting Mom and Dad's money (if you ask June). Once thick as thieves, these sisters who moved from Seoul to San Antonio to New York together now don't want anything to do with each other.

That is, until June gets cancer. And Jayne becomes the only one who can help her.

Flung together by circumstance, housing woes, and family secrets, will the sisters learn more about each other than they're willing to confront? And what if while helping June, Jayne has to confront the fact that maybe she's sick, too?
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