As Hyong-Chol, the first born and favourite son, continues to search fruitlessly for his mother, memories of his youth surface and he begins to realise all that he owes to her. Show more

Park So-nyo finishes her own story and her daughter Chi-hon makes a pilgrimage to Rome. Show more

Sian Thomas reads the haunting story of a mother's unrecognised love and sacrifice, by Korea's best-selling novelist, Kyung-Sook Shin. With mother missing, a search begins. Show more

Hyong-chol recognises his mother's hopes for him, and his father returns to their rural home, to an extraordinary revelation about his missing wife. Show more

Back in their rural home, Father remembers the early years of love and marriage, and realises just how often he failed to understand his wife. Show more

Park So-nyo tells her own story at last. Show more

Sian Thomas reads the haunting story of a mother's unrecognised love and sacrifice, by Kyung-Sook Shin. Recalling past intimacies, Chi-hon begins to understand at last. Show more