* Shortlisted for the National Book Award * * One of the New York Times's 10 Best Books of 2017 * * Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club * '
This is a captivating book ...
Through eight decades and four generations, Pachinko is an epic tale of family, identity, love, death and survival..
Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country in which she has no friends, no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja's salvation is just the beginning of her story.
But then Isak, a Christian minister, offers her a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife.
When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin.
The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja.
In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl.
Yeongdo, Korea 1911.
It's a powerful story about resilience and compassion'
BARACK OBAMA.
Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through four generations and each character's search for identity and success. * Shortlisted for the National Book Award * * One of the New York Times's 10 Best Books of 2017 * * Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club * '
This is a captivating book ..
