Published: 2017, grand central publishing Genre: Fiction Themes: Korea, japan, family, endurance, corruption My rating (out of 5): ❤❤❤❤❤ I'll be honest, it was the cover that drew me to this book in the first place, but even though I know you mustn't judge a book by its cover, it turned out to be a very good choice. The book is about four generations of a Korean family who become exiled in Japan and begins just after the second world war. We meet the main character, Sunja, as a young woman living in South Korea, and the story takes us through her life as she becomes a wife and mother and eventually a grandmother. Sunja's father was a disabled man who had overcome his physical difficulties to become the owner of a boarding house and a much loved member of the local community. When he dies, Sunja's mother takes over the business and through very careful management of all their resources she keeps it going and makes just enough money to support her daughter and two loc...