Kim's Convenience
By: Ins Choi
Publisher: Anansi; Distributed in the United States by Publishers Group West
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Toronto; Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781770892231
Subjects: Drama; Convenience stores; Debt; Family-owned business enterprises; Reconciliation
Description: "Mr. Kim is a first-generation Korean immigrant and the proud owner of Kim's Convenience, a variety store located in the heart of downtown Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood. There, he spends his time serving an eclectic array of customers, catching petty thieves, and helpfully keeping the police apprised of illegally parked Japanese cars. As the neighbourhood quickly gentrifies, Mr. Kim is offered a generous sum of money to sell - enough to allow him and his wife to finally retire. But Kim's Convenience is more than just his livelihood - it is his legacy. As Mr. Kim tries desperately, and hilariously, to convince his daughter Janet, a budding photographer, to take over the store, his wife sneaks out to meet their estranged son Jung, who has not seen or spoken to his father in sixteen years and who has now become a father himself"--Back cover.
Notes: Title in English and Korean (in syllabic characters).