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Available
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Description
Following one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan. So begins a sweeping saga of an exceptional family in exile from its homeland and caught in the indifferent arc of history. Through desperate struggles and hard-won triumphs, its members are bound together by deep roots as they face enduring questions of faith, family, and identity.
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Grand Central Publishing
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Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Fiction — 2017)
Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 2019)
The Morning News Tournament of Books (Quarterfinalist — 2018)
RUSA CODES Reading List (Shortlist — Historical Fiction — 2018)
Indies Choice Book Award (Honor Book — Adult Fiction — 2018)
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Runner-Up — Fiction — 2018)
Reading Women Award (Shortlist — Fiction — 2017)
Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year (Fiction — 2017)
NPR: Books We Love (2017)
Boston Globe Best Book (Fiction — 2017)
The New York Times Notable Books of the Year (Fiction & Poetry — 2017)
San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year (Fiction — 2017)
The New York Times Best Books of the Year (Fiction — 2017)
Notable Books List (Fiction — 2018)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Adults (Selection — 2017)
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PS3612.E346 P33