The kinship of secrets

by Eugenia Kim · 2018

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"From the author of The Calligrapher's Daughter comes the riveting story of two sisters, one raised in the United States, the other in South Korea, and the family that bound them together even as the Korean War kept them apart"—

Genre
coming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
sisterssistersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisSouth KoreaSouth KoreaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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