Press Play with Madeleine Brand
In ‘Coming Home Again,’ a son cares for his mom as she battles stomach cancer
In 1995, The New Yorker published a personal essay called “Coming Home Again,” in which author Chang-rae Lee recalled his relationship with his mother.
By Madeleine Brand • • 14m ListenIn 1995, The New Yorker published a personal essay called “Coming Home Again,” in which author Chang-rae Lee recalled his relationship with his mother. She was a tough woman, who sent him to boarding school, and who always showed her family love through her meticulously made meals. However, she was dying of stomach cancer. Lee moved back into the family house to take care of his slowly deteriorating mom.
His essay is now a new movie, which he wrote with Hong Kong-American filmmaker Wayne Wang. The movie is also called “Coming Home Again.”
The full episode
5 of 5
How the LA Dodgers won this year’s World Series- 0:00Dodgers’ World Series victory brings big cheer to LA
- 4:51Some California districts are turning purple. How Republicans are adapting
- 13:56‘They've accepted Trump is crazy’: KFI host John Kobylt on his listeners’ political views
- 23:18As museums face racial and economic problems, smaller institutions are showing progress
- 35:53In ‘Coming Home Again,’ a son cares for his mom as she battles stomach cancerYou’re reading this
The full episode
5 of 5How the LA Dodgers won this year’s World Series- 0:00Dodgers’ World Series victory brings big cheer to LA
- 4:51Some California districts are turning purple. How Republicans are adapting
- 13:56‘They've accepted Trump is crazy’: KFI host John Kobylt on his listeners’ political views
- 23:18As museums face racial and economic problems, smaller institutions are showing progress
- 35:53In ‘Coming Home Again,’ a son cares for his mom as she battles stomach cancerYou’re reading this