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Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journal of Korean War Orphan
by Kim, Elizabeth
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385496338
- ISBN 13
- 9780385496339
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Doubleday/Random House Inc, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Doubleday/Random House Inc., 2000. Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Jacket. Book has slight wear of lower board edges, otherwise Fine--clean and unmarked, tight & solid volume. Internals and jacket very clean and completely free of any markings. Jacket not price-clipped. The harrowing story of Elizabeth Kim's life--watching the 'honor killing'-the hanging- of her mother by her grandfather and uncle, left in an orphanage like garbage, adopted to an American fundamentalist pastor and his wife in the U. S., being not good enough with her Asian features for her new all-white environment, escaping her adoptive home, and marrying into an abusive and controlling marriage, breaking way from this with her daughter--but she and her daughter survive, thrive, and overcome this all to live a joyous live finally. A testament to the human spirit. 228 pages. 8.6 x 5.75 inches. Doubleday/Random House Inc., New York, 2000.
Synopsis
Elizabeth Kim is the city desk editor for the Marin Independent Journal . She lives in San Rafael, California.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013944
- Title
- Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journal of Korean War Orphan
- Author
- Kim, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385496338
- ISBN 13
- 9780385496339
- Publisher
- Doubleday/Random House Inc
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN RACIALLY MIXED PEOPLE ORPHANS, KOREA FUNDAMENTALISM RACISM PREJUDICE
- X weight
- 0 oz
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