![]() ![]() Listen to Miller and Lee’s wide-ranging conversation about her new book using the audio player above. “The Evening Hero” combines scathing commentary on the state of health care in America with a portrait of a restrained marriage and the trauma of war. Her parents wanted to be distinctly American, but they couldn’t deny their histories and immigration journey. Lee grew up in Hibbing, watching her anesthetist father be both a community leader and an outsider. Every day for the last fifty years, he has brushed his teeth, slipped on his shoes, and headed to Horse Breaths General Hospital, where, as an obstetrician, he treats the women and babies. ![]() ![]() Yungman Kwak is in the twilight of his life. ![]() It disrupts his previously quiet and dutiful life and forces him to contend with his past, which he would rather keep buried.Īs Lee tells MPR News host Kerri Miller on this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas, “The Evening Hero” isn’t biographical, but it does mirror her own story. The Evening Hero by Marie Myung-Ok Lee Write The First Customer Review Filter Results Shipping 'Dr. It tells the story of a Korean-born obstetrician who is shocked to discover that the northern Minnesota hospital where he’s delivered babies for decades is being closed, with only a week’s notice. It took years for Marie Myung-Ok Lee to collect the pieces and do the research necessary to accurately write her new novel, “ The Evening Hero.” ![]()
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