為了慶祝爸媽的生日，我們特地邀請他們從老家來到首爾。沒想到，媽媽卻和爸爸在地鐵站走散了。在一陣慌亂與相互指責為何沒人照顧爸媽後，我們兄妹終於冷靜下來，開始寫起尋人啟事。但，該怎麼描述媽媽呢？久未相見的她，還是我們印象中的模樣嗎？那個老是叮嚀我們千萬別餓肚子的媽媽？那個總是要我們別擔心，好好照顧自己的媽媽？而我們上次耐心聽媽媽說話，又是什麼時候了？

　　我對媽媽如此模糊的描述，別人認得嗎？哥哥和妹妹心中的媽媽呢？媽媽在爸爸心中呢？而媽媽自己最真實的模樣呢？當我們開始復原每個人對媽媽的記憶時，這才驚覺，原來她早已在我們心裡走失了……希望還找得到她。

　　如果你們看見她，請照顧我媽媽。

On a family visit to the city, Mom is right behind her husband when the train pulls out of Seoul Station without her, and she is lost, possibly forever. As her children argue over how to find her and her husband returns to their countryside home to wait for her, they each recall their lives with her, their memories often more surprising than comforting. Have they lived up to her expectations? Was she happy? Through the piercing voices of daughter, son, and husband, and through Mom’s own words in the novel’s shattering conclusion, we learn what happened that day, and explore an even deeper mystery — of motherhood itself.

At once steeped in the beauty and complexities of the East and rich with a universal tenderness, Please Look After Mom has a revelatory emotional power. You will never think of your mother the same way again after you’ve read this book.