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In this book, the story of 13-year-old Gayeong's growth who comes to understand her mom, not as a good or bad mom, unfolds excitingly and interestingly from the beginning to the end.
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The person who does something ‘for her family’ in the kitchen, in the living room. The person who has always been there and is likely to be there in the future as well. Isn’t it the universal image of ‘mom’ that we all share? More and more moms are working, but this hasn’t evolved the image of mom. The opportunities and range of jobs for moms has gradually been expanded, but ‘mom’s job’ is received as secondary and subsidiary compared to ‘dad’s job.’ The constant guilt coming from the thought they chose their job instead of childrearing makes moms consider themselves as failing to be a ‘good mom.’ For children, actually, the burden their mom feels or the bias of society doesn't matter. For them, mom as a housewife is ‘just mom’ and mom who goes to work is ‘working mom’ - that’s all. It takes time for children to discover more meaning and begin to respect their mom. It is because mom loses her individual history for a long time after she starts a family. Mom’s 40th Birthday contains the story of 13-year-old Gayeong, who gradually realizes and understands the meaning of mom. It depicts the process of understanding mom as another human being and recognizing other aspects of mom, whom we have considered as someone we know so well and so close to us.
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Choi Namee
Choi Namee (F) was born in 1965 in Seoul and studied Child Studies at Seoul Women's University. She began her writing career after graduating from the Hankyoreh Writer's School. She is called a "breaking point in children's literature of the 21st century" by Yoo Yeong-jin, a critic of children's literature. Her works are regarded for the representing the psychology and inner self of youngsters who are at the boundary of childhood and adulthood, seen in the "relationships" of characters. Books Choi has written include The Forest Where the Crying Wind Sleeps; The 40th Birthday of My Mom; A Worrying 13-Year-Old; Three, Two, One; Word Notes; Game of Truth; The Moving Island; School Hero Story; Why Whales Run; Can I blame Angels?; Ongju's Wedding; and Rainbow Colors and Poo (co-writer).
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