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Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"At the height of the military dictatorship in South Korea, Insuk and Sungho are arranged to be married. The couple soon moves to San Jose, California, with an infant and Sungho's overbearing mother-in-law. Adrift in a new country, Insuk grieves the loss of her past and her divided homeland, finding herself drawn into an illicit relationship that sets into motion a dramatic saga and echoes for generations to come. From the Gwangju Massacre to the...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The story of a Palestinian family's ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care for her home, even as she says goodbye.
" It's 1967 in Nablus, Palestine. Oraib loves the olive trees that grow outside the refugee camp where she lives. Each harvest, she and her mama pick the small fruits and she eagerly stomp stomp stomps on them to release their golden oil. Olives have always tied her family to the land, as Oraib learns from the stories...
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