Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner Announces Second Book Thank You For Your Suffering

Japanese Breakfast mastermind Michelle Zauner became an author back in 2021. That's when she published her memoir Crying In H Mart, an expansion of a New Yorker article about reconnecting with Korean food and culture after losing her immigrant mother. The book became a sensation, earning a ton of critical acclaim and debuting on the bestseller list. Zauner signed on to write and soundtrack a movie adaptation, which sadly got stuck in development hell. While all this was happening, Zauner kept making music with Japanese Breakfast. She also kept writing, and she announces her second memoir today.Zauner's second memoir is called Thank You For Your Suffering, and it comes out next spring. After the publication of Crying In H Mart, Zauner spent a year living in Seoul, spending time with family and learning the language so that she could read a diary that her mother left behind. She covers that period of time in the new book. In a new Elle interview, Zauner explains the title: "Gosaeng haesseoyo," the Korean phrase meaning "good job," literally translates to "you suffered." Zauner says that she heard it in a hair salon: "After getting my hair dyed, they kept saying, 'Gosaeng haesseoyo.' ...