Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan
by Kim, Elizabeth
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0385496338
- ISBN 13
- 9780385496339
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 2000. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 228 p. In this autobiography, a woman tells of her birth in Korea--where she was the offspring of an American soldier and a Korean woman who was killed by her parents for dishonoring the family----her early years in an orphanage, her adoption by an American couple, and her lifelong struggle to fit in.
Synopsis
Elizabeth Kim is the city desk editor for the Marin Independent Journal . She lives in San Rafael, California.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58945
- Title
- Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan
- Author
- Kim, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed first edition/first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385496338
- ISBN 13
- 9780385496339
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Adoption, Orphanage, Honor Killing, Racism, Mixed-race, Honhyol, Fundamentalist Christain, Domestic Violence, Relationships, Family, Survival, Self-actualization
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