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A Planned Occasion
(2023)(The seventh book in the Good Intentions collection series)
(A book in the Amazon Original Stories series)
A Novella by Angie Kim
A surprising gift brings closure for an elderly widow in a poignant story about grief, memory, and the persistence of love by the acclaimed, award-winning author of Miracle Creek.
Korean immigrant Mina Pak Johnson is clearing out the last of her husbands things when she finds a picnic basket in his closeta long-forgotten wedding present from her mother. With it comes decades of memoriesof her mothers wishes for her to be happy and her own shattered hopes for her first childand regret at never having used it. Pushing her husbands ashes and a bottle of wine in a rusty old stroller, Mina is determined to re-create the picnic they never had. But with it comes something Mina never expected, illuminating a loving gesture her husband made years ago.
Angie Kims A Planned Occasion is part of Good Intentions, a riveting collection of stories about the instincts, fears, and fierce love inherent in motherhood from award-winning, bestselling authors. Read or listen to each in a single sitting.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Korean immigrant Mina Pak Johnson is clearing out the last of her husbands things when she finds a picnic basket in his closeta long-forgotten wedding present from her mother. With it comes decades of memoriesof her mothers wishes for her to be happy and her own shattered hopes for her first childand regret at never having used it. Pushing her husbands ashes and a bottle of wine in a rusty old stroller, Mina is determined to re-create the picnic they never had. But with it comes something Mina never expected, illuminating a loving gesture her husband made years ago.
Angie Kims A Planned Occasion is part of Good Intentions, a riveting collection of stories about the instincts, fears, and fierce love inherent in motherhood from award-winning, bestselling authors. Read or listen to each in a single sitting.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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