Even if I'm Not the Mother
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- Year of Production
- 2025
Summary
In-woo has lived a life without much hardship and has built a fairly happy marriage with her husband, Ji-suk. But there’s one thing missing from her life— a child. For the past eight years, In-woo and her husband Ji-suk has tried everything to conceive, but due to serious side effect from Infertility treatment, Inwoo is left barren. Still unable to let go of her dream of becoming a mother, Inwoo contacts a Thai surrogate broker. Ignoring her husband Ji-suk’s objections, she decides to have a baby through a foreign surrogate. Soon, she receives the news that the surrogate, Chanon, is successfully pregnant.
The ultrasound images in the weekly checkup emails become a lifeline connecting Inwoo to her unborn child. She announces her “pregnancy” to those around her and even wears a cushion under her clothes to disguised herself as a pregnant woman. Inwoo believes that once Chanon gives birth and places the baby in her arms, her life will finally be completed.
But one day, the emails stop. The broker vanishes. And so does Chanon—the woman carrying her child. Desperate, Inwoo flies to Thailand to find Chanon… or rather, to find her baby.
The ultrasound images in the weekly checkup emails become a lifeline connecting Inwoo to her unborn child. She announces her “pregnancy” to those around her and even wears a cushion under her clothes to disguised herself as a pregnant woman. Inwoo believes that once Chanon gives birth and places the baby in her arms, her life will finally be completed.
But one day, the emails stop. The broker vanishes. And so does Chanon—the woman carrying her child. Desperate, Inwoo flies to Thailand to find Chanon… or rather, to find her baby.
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MUNHAKDONGNE Publishing Corp.
Munhakdongne Publishing Group started with publishing literature, and now we present a wide variety of publishing areas including general non-fiction, art, self-help, pop science, life-style and comics. Munhakdongne Publishing Group currently consists of 8 imprints and subsidiaries, publishing 500 new books every year.
Through Munhakdongne Novel Award and Munhakdongne New Author Award serving as a gateway for young authors, we have been discovering the best writers in Korea including Kim Young-ha, Eun Hee-kyung, Cheon Myeong-kwan, Kim Un-su, Cho Nam-joo, and Chang Kang-myoung. By awarding writers with Young Author Award and Kim Seung-ok Literary Award, we encourage writers on their work, while striving to present great Korean literary works overseas. As a publisher that many producers, creators are paying attention to, it has various IPs from literature to genre literature like horror, mystery etc and introduces attractive and IP every month that captivates children and adults.
Through Munhakdongne Novel Award and Munhakdongne New Author Award serving as a gateway for young authors, we have been discovering the best writers in Korea including Kim Young-ha, Eun Hee-kyung, Cheon Myeong-kwan, Kim Un-su, Cho Nam-joo, and Chang Kang-myoung. By awarding writers with Young Author Award and Kim Seung-ok Literary Award, we encourage writers on their work, while striving to present great Korean literary works overseas. As a publisher that many producers, creators are paying attention to, it has various IPs from literature to genre literature like horror, mystery etc and introduces attractive and IP every month that captivates children and adults.
