“Jane Park's gorgeous debut novel achingly encapsulates an immigrant family coming to terms with their closest, yet least empathic, relationships: with each other."—Shelf Awareness, STARRED review

“A wide-ranging meditation on the Korean immigrant experience that explores family, ambition, longing and belonging.”—Suji Kwock Kim, Walt Whitman Award winner for Notes from the Divided Country

“Human and raw.” — Parade

“Jane Park has written a well-crafted, nuanced story about a family aching to present well, expressing love through duty, and atoning for past sins. Inheritance is a must-read for all children of immigrants, doubly so if you’re Korean in North America.”—Ins Choi, playwright of Kim’s Convenience 

“Brilliantly paced and beautifully told, Inheritance is above all about family and how, despite our best intentions, we so often do damage to the ones we most love.” —Nino Ricci, Governor General's Literary Award–winning author of Lives of the Saints and The Origin of Species

“A searching and devastating portrait of a family reckoning with historical trauma, and the cost of migration and assimilation.”—Su Chang, author of The Immortal Woman

“An authentic and layered exploration of identity, sacrifice, and healing.” —Ann Y. K. Choi, author of All Things Under the Moon and Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety

“A powerful and gripping novel.” —Edward Y. C. Lee, author of The Laundryman’s Boy

“Propulsive … intimate and unforgettable.” —Jenny Heijun Wills, award-winning author of Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related. and Everything and Nothing at All  

“Sparsely written and deeply affecting, Inheritance lingers long after the final page.” —Rachel Phan, author of Restaurant Kid: A Memoir of Family and Belonging

“Satisfying, with strong pacing and plotting and well-developed characters.” —Library Journal

“With her beautifully written novel, Park reminds us that hope is precious, redemption is possible, and forgiveness is always within reach.” —Helena Rho, author of Stone Angels

“An affecting story of honor, tradition, and expectations sometimes buoying – but nearly burying – one immigrant family.” —Christian Science Monitor

“Inheritance is an important novel.” — Winnipeg Free Press

“Park has an expansive understanding of acculturation ... The novel abounds with such quandaries, without offering easy solutions.” — Literary Review of Canada

“Park’s ambitious debut … broadens the literary map and reminds us that immigrant stories unfold just as powerfully, and often more precariously, in the quietest corners of North America.” — Asian Review of Books

“A brilliant story of immigration ... Inheritance’s message about independence and being true to one’s self will feel like a manifesto for self-love and self-reclamation.” — Washington Independent Review of Books

“A thoughtful and timely delight.” — The British Columbia Review