From acclaimed writer Marie Myung-OK Lee, a sweeping new novel decades in the making, featuring Dr. Yungman Kwak, a Korean immigrant who escaped a war to pursue the so-called American dream, who receives a series of letters revealing a secret that brings the life he built into peril.
Marie Myung-Ok Lee Livres
L'objectif déclaré de cet auteur est d'atteindre un statut particulier au sein de la communauté littéraire. Les lecteurs intéressés par la santé, l'environnement et la fertilité pourraient trouver leur travail pertinent. L'auteur explore des thèmes liés au bien-être, aux préoccupations écologiques et à la santé reproductive. Des informations supplémentaires sont disponibles via le blog de l'auteur.
Somebody's Daughter
- 280pages
- 10 heures de lecture
A "heartwarming and heartbreaking"* story of a Korean American girl's search for her rootsSomebody's Daughter is the story of nineteen-year-old Sarah Thorson, who was adopted as a baby by a Lutheran couple in the Midwest. After dropping out of college, she decides to study in Korea and becomes more and more intrigued by her Korean heritage, eventually embarking on a crusade to find her birth mother. Paralleling Sarah's story is that of Kyung-sook, who was forced by difficult circumstances to let her baby be swept away from her immediately after birth, but who has always longed for her lost child.