In Crisp, Unembellished Prose, Choi Eunyoung Paints Intimate Portraits Of The Lives Of Young Women In South Korea, Balancing The Personal With The Political. In The Title Story, A Fraught Friendship Between An Exchange Student And Her Host Sister Follows Them From Adolescence To Adulthood. In 'a Song From Afar', A Young Woman Grapples With The Death Of Her Lover, Travelling To Russia To Search For Information About The Deceased. In 'secret', The Parents Of A Teacher Killed In The Sewol Ferry Sinking Hide The News Of Her Death From Her Grandmother. In The Tradition Of Sally Rooney, Banana Yoshimoto, And Marilynne Robinson - Writers From Different Cultures Who All Take An Unvarnished Look At Human Relationships And The Female Experience - Choi Eunyoung Is A Writer To Watch.