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Lee Geum-Yi
Two women's lives and identities are intertwined--through World War II and the Korean War--revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the 20th century.
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Lee Geum-yi
Can't I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant in the early 20th-century. When the daughter's suitor is arrested as a Korean…
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Lee Geum-yi has a gift for taking little-known embers of history and transforming them into moving, compelling, and uplifting stories. The Picture Bride is the ultimate story of the power…
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Winner of the Nautilus Award for Historical Fiction
"Lee Geum-yi has a gift for taking little-known embers of history and transforming them into moving, compelling, and uplifting stories. The Picture…
A heart-wrenching novel of two young women forced to live the lives of others in order to survive in mid-20th century Korea.
Lee Geum-yi has a gift for taking little-known…
Could you marry a man you’ve never met? Three Korean women in 1918 make a life-changing journey to Hawaii, where they will marry, having seen only photographs of their intended…
From the author of The Picture Bride, two women's lives and identities are intertwined - through World War II and the Korean War - revealing the harsh realities of class…
'Your husband is a landowner,' they told her.
'Food and clothing is so plentiful, it grows on trees.'
'You will be able to go to school.'
Of the three lies…
Lee Geum-yi, An Seon Jae (trans.)
Two women's lives and identities are intertwined - through World War II and the Korean War - revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the…
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Could you marry a man you’ve never met? Three Korean women in 1910 make a life-changing journey to Hawaii where they will marry, having seen only a photograph of their…
