Publisher: Sandpiper (A)
144 pages
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About This Book
From Publishers Weekly
Sookan, the heroine who fled war-torn Seoul with her mother and younger
brother in Choi's Year of Impossible Goodbyes , returns in this haunting
sequel to tell of life as a refugee in South Korea. Now 15, Sookan tries
to establish a sense of normalcy during turbulent times as she attends a
makeshift school, worries about her missing father and older brothers,
and contends with living in a mountaintop shack on the outskirts of
Pusan. But perhaps most confusing of all, Sookan experiences her first
romance. She takes comfort in her blossoming yet forbidden friendship
with the handsome Junho, sharing with him her hopes and dreams of a
happy, peaceful future. The end of the war brings still more upheaval
when Sookan and the other refugees make their way back to the North and
pick up the rubble of their former lives. Sookan's first-person
narrative sustains a level of emotional intensity befitting the often
dire events that swirl around her. Choi's graceful writing sews the
disparate catastrophes into a satisfying, almost cathartic whole. She
has once again succeeded in putting a very human face on a tragic
episode of world history. This inspirational work possesses a confidence
and quiet triumph with universal reverberations.
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