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Part I (Pages 1 - 48)

• The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Zauner, Michelle. Crying in H Mart. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2021.

• This book was written from the first person perspective and in a mix of the past and present tenses.

• In Chapter 1, titled "Crying in H Mart" and beginning in the present tense, Michelle Zauner finds herself being beset by grief over her mother when she ventures into H Mart stores in the years following her mother's death.

• H Marts are chain stores specializing in Korean food and spices, and shoppers can also buy prepared meals and eat them at the stores.

• Zauner sees Korean grandmothers, couples, and families shopping there when she goes in alone following her mother's death, and is flooded with powerful memories of the food her mother cooked, ate and loved.

• Zauner's mother expressed her love largely...

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