Queen of Tears

by Chris McKinney and Chris McKinney

Book Overview

Chris McKinney's The Queen of Tears is the story of Soong Nan Lee, a former Seoul movie star, exploring her familial struggles and her childhood trek across war-torn Korea. Now entering into mass publication, this book demonstrates McKinney's ability to evoke "Honolulu's lower depths with an insider's authority and the zeal of a real writer" (Tom Farber). Declared "the most important young writer in Hawai'i today" by the local press, McKinney exhibits stunning prose and profound explorations of character and interconnection on a level not only warranting, but demanding mainland distribution. The Queen of Tears is a must read for anyone who has, at some point, wrestled with family obligation and personal ambition.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566476089
• ISBN13: 9781566476089
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Mutual Pub
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

This and The Tattoo--Must Reads

I'm thinking that the New Yorkers just don't get it. Both novels are unforgettable, create the kind of scenes that stay with you.

Amazing and sad....

I've enjoyed both books by this author (this and The Tattoo) simply because of his ability to tell it as it is. I found myself rereading several pages, mainly because the sadness in some of the stories was so palpable, both in the way he describes things and in the fact that it's very true to real life. I'm hoping to read his third novel when it is published.