epub | 5.89 MB | English | Isbn:‎ B08Y91JXG8 | Author: Juhea Kim | Year: 2021

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"A spectacular debut filled with great characters and heart." —Lisa See, author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

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An epic story of love, war, and redemption set against the backdrop of the Korean independence movement, following the intertwined fates of a young girl sold to a courtesan school and the penniless son of a hunter

In 1917, deep in the snowy mountains of occupied Korea, an impoverished local hunter on the brink of starvation saves a young Japanese officer from an attacking tiger. In an instant, their fates are connected—and from this encounter unfolds a saga that spans half a century.

In the aftermath, a young girl named Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silver's courtesan school, an act of desperation that will cement her place in the lowest social status. When she befriends an orphan boy named...

Category:Historical Asian Fiction, Asian American Literature, Asian American Literature & Fiction