Free Food for Millionaires

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**FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF PACHINKO**

This big, beguiling book has all the distinguishing marks of a Great American Novel.. The Times
Exquisitely evoked. USA Today
Ambitious and accomplished. New York Times
Could have been penned by Austen herself. Daily Mail
'An insight into the secret world of Korean America.' Observer

Casey Han is a strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants immersed in a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle she cant afford. When a chance encounter with an old friend lands her a new opportunity, she's determined to make her way in a glittering world of privilege, power, and wealth but at what cost

This sharp-eyed epic exposes the intricate layers of a community clinging to its old ways a portrait of intergenerational strife, immigrant struggle, and social and economic mobility set against the glimmering backdrop of late-twentieth-century New York City.

Praise for Min Jin Lee:
Powerful. Barack Obama
A masterpiece. John Boyne
Deep, broad, addictive. David Mitchell
Luminous... powerful. Junot Daz
Eye-opening. The Times

Author Bio

Min Jin Lee is the bestselling author of two novels. Pachinko was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, a New York Times bestseller and was included on over 75 best books of the year lists. It is currently being adapted for television by Apple TV. Lee's debut novel Free Food for Millionaires was a Top 10 Books of the Year for The Times, NPR's Fresh Air and USA Today. Min Jin Lee's writings have appeared in The New Yorker, the TLS, the Guardian, Conde Nast Traveler, The Times and the Wall Street Journal, among others. In 2019, Lee was inducted into the New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame. She serves as a trustee of PEN America, a director of the Authors Guild and on the National Advisory Board of the Immigration Initiative at Harvard.