A review by marielee207
Ten Thousand Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan by Elizabeth Kim

I wrote a whole article on why this book seems too good to be true... because it's not true! Some of the stuff is even plagiarized from other work (by white people) that is also inaccurate. Publishing tries to give people what they want (even thru stereotypes) not necessarily what's real. Think of all the Oprah "too good" memoirs that turned out to be completely FAKE. Unfortunately there's a lot.

I greatly ADMIRE people who want to learn about other cultures and be warned that you may be consuming false stereotypes.

For anyone who wants to know why this book suddenly was withdrawn a few weeks after publication = also why perpetuates HARMFUL INACCURATE stereotypes about Korea:

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/american-dirt-korean-angelas-ashes/