Shelter

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I read the greater part of Jung Yun's Shelter in a fourteen-hour sitting, interrupted by only five hours of sleep' Los Angeles TimesKyung Cho is a young father, the child of Korean parents, married to the daughter of an Irish cop. Despite his promising career, he and his wife Gillian have always lived beyond their means. Now their bad decisions are catching up with them, and Kyung is anxious for his family's future.A few miles away, his parents, Jin and Mae, live in their town's most exclusive neighbourhood. Growing up, they gave Kyung every possible advantage - expensive hobbies, private tutors - but little warmth. Kyung can hardly bear to see them now, much less ask for their help. Yet when an act of violence leaves Jin and Mae unable to live on their own, the family dynamic suddenly changes, and he decides to take his parents in. For the first time in years, the Chos find themselves under the same roof, where tensions quickly mount and old resentments rise to the surface.As Shelter veers swiftly towards its startling conclusion, Jung Yun leads us through dark and violent territory, where, unexpectedly, the Chos discover hope. In the tradition of House of Sand and Fog and The Ice Storm, Shelter is a masterfully crafted novel that asks what it means to provide for one's family and, in answer, delivers a story as riveting as it is profound.