Easton Rosa Kwon - White Mulberry A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A beautiful and deeply researched novel If you loved Pachinko you ll love White Mulberry. Lisa See New York Times bestselling author of The Island of Sea Women Inspired by the life of Easton's grandmother White Mulberry is a rich deeply moving portrait of a young Korean woman in 1930s Japan who is torn between two worlds and must reclaim her true identity to provide a future for her family.1928, Japan - occupied Korea. Eleven - year - old Miyoung has dreams too big for her tiny farming village near Pyongyang: to become a teacher to avoid an arranged marriage to write her own future. When she is offered the chance to live with her older sister in Japan and continue her education she is elated even though it means leaving her sick mother and her very name behind. In Kyoto anti - Korean sentiment is rising every day and Miyoung quickly realizes she must pass as Japanese if she expects to survive. Her Japanese name Miyoko helps her find a new calling as a nurse but as the years go by she fears that her true self is slipping away. She seeks solace in a Korean church group and within it finds something she never expected: a romance with an activist that reignites her sense of purpose and gives her a cherished son. As war looms on a new front and Miyoung feels the constraints of her adopted home tighten she is faced with a choice that will change her life and the lives of those she loves forever.
Title: White Mulberry A Novel
Author(s): Easton Rosa Kwon
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Barcode: 9781662519697
Pages: 331 Pages
Publication Date: 12/1/2024
Category: First World War