I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I love a generational drama, and Jimin Han creates a strong sense of Jeonga's family and the sense of loyalty and fidelity within this sphere. My favorite parts of the novel are those when Jeonga is alive and playing the role of snooty, controlling sammonim even while traveling with her fellow centenarian sisters and her personal assistant. I also appreciate how well the cultural elements of family and aging in Korea are depicted even after Jeonga dies. The afterlife scenes are a bit on-the-nose in Han's insistence on squeezing out Jeonga's titular apology, but they fit within the "family first" theme of the novel.