The only child : a novel / Seo Mi-Ae ; translated by Yewon Jung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sŏ, Mi-ae, author.

서 미애, author.

Contributor:

Jung, Yewon, translator.

Standardized Title:

Chal chayo ŏmma. English

잘 자요 엄마. English http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2019019668

Language:

English

Korean

Subjects (All):

Stepdaughters.

Women psychologists--Fiction.

Women psychologists.

Stepdaughters--Fiction.

Serial murderers--Fiction.

Serial murderers.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Physical Description:

292 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Ecco, 2019.

Summary:

"Criminal psychologist Seonkyeong receives an unexpected call one day. Yi Byeongdo, a serial killer whose gruesome murders shook the world, wants to be interviewed. Yi Byeongdo, who has refused to speak to anyone until now, asks specifically for her. Seonkyeong agrees out of curiosity. That same day Hayeong, her husband's eleven-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, shows up at their door after her grandparents, with whom she lived after her mother passed away, die in a sudden fire. Seonkyeong wants her to feel at home, but is gradually unnerved as the young girl says very little and acts strangely. At work and at home, Seonkyeong starts to unravel the pasts of the two new arrivals in her life and begins to see startling similarities. Hayeong looks at her the same way Yi Byeongdo does when he recounts the abuse he experienced as a child; Hayeong's serene expression masks a temper that she can't control. Plus, the story she tells about her grandparents' death, and her mother's before that, deeply troubles Seonkyeong. So much so that Yi Byeongdo picks up on it and starts giving her advice."--Publisher.

Notes:

Translated from the Korean.

Originally published in Korean by Woongjin Thinkbig Co., 2010

Other Format:

Online version: Sŏ, Mi-ae, author. Only child

ISBN:

9780062905048

006290504X

9780062959171

0062959174

9781786078551

1786078554

OCLC:

1099543778