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

4.0

Fantastic. One of the best memoirs I've read - doesn't shirk from the pain but also doesn't give unnecessary details for the pleasure of the audience (as many memoirs expressing a childhood of abuse seem to do, and I find very difficult to read.) Raw and genuine, doesn't hide from the pain but doesn't revel in it - straightforward and touching. Great novel.