Author and Japanese Breakfast singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner has announced her latest memoir, Thank You For Your Suffering. The book, out on April 27, 2027, comes six years after her first memoir about her relationship with her late mother, Crying in H Mart.
Thank You For Your Suffering documents the year that Zauner lived abroad in South Korea back in 2024. She learned how to read and speak Korean more fluently, connecting with her late mother’s side of the family, and immersing herself in the culture.
According to Elle magazine, Zauner discovered a handwritten diary by her late mother in the safe-deposit box of her parents’ local bank, prompting her to learn the language better before leaving for Seoul. Zauner then explained how the title’s origin comes from a repeatedly lost-in-translation phrase.
“After getting my hair dyed, they kept saying, ‘Gosaeng haesseoyo.’ And I was like, ‘Why are they telling me, ‘Thank you for my suffering?’” she says. “So much of the book is about working really hard. I was just so hungry and scared of not doing a good job. I think part of that was this strange psychological feeling after my mom died, of wanting to be this perfect daughter that I wish I could have been when she was alive.”
Zauner became a New York Times bestselling author with Crying in H Mart. A movie based on the book was about to be made in 2023, but production was halted due to the writers and actors’ strike.
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Michelle Zauner is a New York Times bestselling author of Crying in H Mart and a frontwoman of alternative rock band Japanese Breakfast.
Michelle Zauner’s Thank You For Your Suffering is set to release on April 27, 2027.
The memoir documents the year Michelle Zauner lived abroad in South Korea in 2024.
Michelle Zauner became a New York Times bestselling author with her 2021 memoir Crying in H Mart.
Japanese Breakfast’s hits include “Boyish,” “Be Sweet,” “Roadhead,” “Everybody Wants To Love You,” and more.
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