WHITE MULBERRY - Rosa Kwan Easton
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~ New Release - 2024
Eleven-year-old Miyoung seizes the chance to get out of her small farming village near Pyongyang toĀ live with her older sister in Japan, but with Japan occupying Korea and anti-Korean sentiment rising every day, they realize that passing as Japanese is the key to survival.Ā Changing her name to Miyoko, and finding her calling as a nurse, years slip by, causing Miyoung's self-identity to slip away . . .Ā
Inspired by the life of Rosa Kwon Eastonās grandmother,Ā White MulberryĀ 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 making it a wonderful choice for fans of Min Jin Lee, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and/or Yaa Gyasi.
āIn straightforward prose, Easton novelizes events that will compel readers seeking themes of identity, āpassingā in a different culture, immigration, and occupation.ā -- Booklist
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WHITE MULBERRY - Rosa Kwan Easton
~ Trade Paperback
~ New Release - 2024
Eleven-year-old Miyoung seizes the chance to get out of her small farming village near Pyongyang toĀ live with her older sister in Japan, but with Japan occupying Korea and anti-Korean sentiment rising every day, they realize that passing as Japanese is the key to survival.Ā Changing her name to Miyoko, and finding her calling as a nurse, years slip by, causing Miyoung's self-identity to slip away . . .Ā
Inspired by the life of Rosa Kwon Eastonās grandmother,Ā White MulberryĀ 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 making it a wonderful choice for fans of Min Jin Lee, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and/or Yaa Gyasi.
āIn straightforward prose, Easton novelizes events that will compel readers seeking themes of identity, āpassingā in a different culture, immigration, and occupation.ā -- Booklist
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~ Trade Paperback
~ New Release - 2024
Eleven-year-old Miyoung seizes the chance to get out of her small farming village near Pyongyang toĀ live with her older sister in Japan, but with Japan occupying Korea and anti-Korean sentiment rising every day, they realize that passing as Japanese is the key to survival.Ā Changing her name to Miyoko, and finding her calling as a nurse, years slip by, causing Miyoung's self-identity to slip away . . .Ā
Inspired by the life of Rosa Kwon Eastonās grandmother,Ā White MulberryĀ 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 making it a wonderful choice for fans of Min Jin Lee, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and/or Yaa Gyasi.
āIn straightforward prose, Easton novelizes events that will compel readers seeking themes of identity, āpassingā in a different culture, immigration, and occupation.ā -- Booklist
