Ten Thousands Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan by Elizabeth Kim

Ten Thousands Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan

Elizabeth Kim

228 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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A shocking, moving and beautifully written Korean woman's memoir. "I don't know how old I was when I watched my mother's murder, nor do I know how old I am today." So opens this beautiful, sad and uplifting memoir. The illegitimate daughter of a K...

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