WITH HER SON SUFFERING FROM A MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS, ONE MOTHER FINDS HOPE IN AN EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT – VOGUE MAGAZINE (February 2019)
Our baby is two days old when our pediatrician sits us down and says, “We got an abnormal test result.” The terror I feel at these words must show because she immediately adds, “But it’s a screening, not a real test—definitely not definitive. Very high false-positive rates.”
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THIS WEEK ON READING WOMEN: MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2019 – LITERARY HUB (January 17, 2019)
On this week’s episode, Kendra and Autumn discuss some of the books they’re most looking forward to reading in 2019. (Overheard on the podcast: “It sounds amazing.” “Everything that you’re looking for in a book.”)
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STRUCTURAL OPTIONS: ANGIE KIM AND LISA GORNICK IN CONVERSATION – FSG WORK IN PROGRESS (January 11, 2019)
You should see the walls of my tiny writing nook; they’re covered with charts and pictures with colored-pencil scrawls and arrows indicating changes everywhere.
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DIVERSITY ON MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK LISTS – EARLYWORD (January 10, 2019)
Many of the authors are well-known, having won awards for their previous books, but several debuts receive multiple shoutouts: [Kim’s debut Miracle Creek,] previously titled Miracle Submarine, has been getting positive response from librarians on GalleyChat ever since August.
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IN 2019, IMMIGRATION NOVELS ARE ESPECIALLY TIMELY – THE NEW YORK TIMES (January 9, 2019)
Angie Kim began her first novel, “Miracle Creek,” several years ago. But as she finished the final draft of her story about a Korean immigrant family at the center of a Virginia murder case, Trump had been elected. Kim began adding, not consciously at the time, material on immigration.
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IN 2019, IMMIGRATION NOVELS ARE ESPECIALLY TIMELY – WASHINGTON POST, NATIONAL (January 9, 2019)
Novels about immigrants, like immigration itself, are a long and central part of American culture.
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MOST ANTICIPATED: THE GREAT FIRST-HALF 2019 BOOK PREVIEW – THE MILLIONS (January 8, 2019)
This debut has it all—a novel of the Korean immigrant experience, a courtroom thriller, an exploration of controversies over autism therapies (specifically here, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, HBOT). Kirkus calls it “deeply satisfying” and says “it should be huge.”
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THE MOST ANTICIPATED CRIME BOOKS OF 2019: PART 1 – CRIME READS (January 8, 2019)
Angie Kim’s masterpiece of grief, hope, and recrimination takes place in the small town of Miracle Creek… A complex novel of parenting, prejudice, and putting blame where blame’s due, this one is not to be missed.
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66 BOOKS COMING IN 2019 THAT YOU’LL WANT TO KEEP ON YOUR RADAR – BUZZFEED NEWS (January 4, 2019)
When the machine explodes, the couple are put on trial, in a case that upends the entire community, unearthing shameful secrets, rivalries, and scandals.
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THE CRIME WORLD TOOK A HOLIDAY – BOOKRIOT’s READ or DEAD (January 4, 2019)
Katie and Rincey talk about the 2019 mysteries and thrillers that they are most excited for!
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50 BOOKS YOU’LL WANT TO READ IN 2019 – NYLON (January 2, 2019)
This stunning debut by Angie Kim is both an utterly engrossing nail-biter of a courtroom drama and a sensitive, incisive look into the experiences of immigrant families in America.
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THE BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER BOOKS OF 2019: 14 BOOKS YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN – BOOKBUB (January 2, 2019)
Book clubs will be drawn to this suspenseful debut, which calls to mind the complex courtroom drama of a Jodi Picoult novel combined with the sensitive portrayal of an immigrant family.
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48 BOOKS BY WOMEN AND NONBINARY AUTHORS OF COLOR TO READ IN 2019 – ELECTRIC LITERATURE (January 1, 2019)
Miracle Creek is a courtroom thriller about a Korean immigrant entrepreneur and a murder trial. According to Alexander Chee, this is “a bold debut novel about science and immigration and the hopes and fears each engenders―unforgettable and true.”
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NEW BOOKS! – BOOK RIOT (December 11, 2018)
A couple find themselves embroiled in a murder trial after their experimental medical treatment device kills two people. This is being compared to Everything I Never Told You and Defending Jacob! YES PLEASE.
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