In ‘Tastes Like War,’ a daughter reckons with her mother’s schizophrenia

Grace M. Cho is an associate professor of sociology and anthropology at the CUNY College of Staten Island.

Cho was a teenager when her mother began to exhibit signs of mental illness. Later, as an adult, she learned more about the trauma her mom experienced, both during and after the Korean War.

(Image credit: Patrick Bower/The Feminist Press at CUNY)

Cho was a teenager when her mother began to exhibit signs of mental illness. Later, as an adult, she learned more about the trauma her mom experienced, both during and after the Korean War.