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Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan
by Kim, Elizabeth
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1864710462
- ISBN 13
- 9781864710465
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Doubleday, Sydney, 2000. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 228 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing present other than edges of the text block.. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges slightly foxed. The book has been read and carries some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Shocking and beautifully written Korean woman's memoir, from abused and ostracised chilhood to cathartic return to Korea as an adult. Elizabeth Kim was the illegitmate daughter of a Korean peasant and an American GI. The mixing of races was taboo in Korea, which made her and her mother ostracised from her mother's family and village. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Korea; 1950s; ISBN: 1864710462. ISBN/EAN: 9781864710465. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8451. . 9781864710465
Synopsis
Elizabeth Kim is the city desk editor for the Marin Independent Journal . She lives in San Rafael, California.
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8451
- Title
- Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan
- Author
- Kim, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1864710462
- ISBN 13
- 9781864710465
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- BZDB137 korean war, orphan, america, Biography & Autobiography; Korea; 1950s; ISBN: 1864710462 EAN: 9781864710465 Kim, Elizabeth Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan
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- Trade Paperback
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Reprint
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- Tight
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
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