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(Miigwech to one world books for sending me this gifted copy. It came to me while I was a newly diagnosed cancer patient and kept my mind occupied when I needed it the most. )

Have you read Excavations by Hannah Michell? I devoured it this summer while I was undergoing my egg retrieval and I’m not sure if it’s because my hormones were all over the place but this book really had me feeling everything.

It was full of mystery, secrecy, love Korean history and heartbreak. For a novel that’s rather fast paced and a quick read, I found the relationships and the layers within nuanced and palpable. The plot kept me intrigued the entire way through and I gasped and cried along the way (again, hormones. Maybe.)

I remember when the book was over, I wanted more, I wanted further answers and resolve but as so often in real life, amidst immense grief and oppression, there are no clean and happy endings.