Description
After betrayal and the upheaval of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, a Korean family leaves Seoul for Sydney and ultimately Southern California, seeking stability in unfamiliar worlds. As the parents rebuild their lives from the margins and their children pursue new possibilities, education becomes both a promise of security and a source of pressure, sacrifice, and conflict. Moving through churches, schools, workplaces, homes, and immigrant communities, the novel explores family loyalty, displacement, ambition, class, and the complicated costs of belonging. Spanning years and generations, this sweeping, compassionate portrait reveals how seemingly small choices can reshape the lives of entire families.
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ISBN: 9781538752036
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Details
First Published
2026
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee.