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The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim
3.0
This novel tells a story that is loosely based on the author's, her parents', and her siblings' lives--very loosely, because she changed the time period, the number of children, etc. But that is fine, this is fiction, and that is where she got the idea. The story is about family, immigration, and the many layers of secrets within one family.
Najin and Calvin leave Korean for America in 1948. They choose to take one daughter (Miran) but leave the other (Inja) with Najin's brother in Korea. They hope to either be back or send for her in a few years. But then the Korean War starts--there is no going back or sending for Inja, there is only hoping. Then after the war ticket prices are unaffordable and Calvin's job makes him question the safety of him returning at all.
The real story here, is the several reasons why Miran was taken and Inja left. Inja knows some, Miran knows a lie, and Najin doesn't know Inja knows. Najin has no idea about the secrets her brother has shared with Inja--and they are safe with her, as her uncle is, truly, her first father.
This book was fine, the narration fine (I have no idea how accurate the accents may be, but they did help me easily tell the characters apart). I don't know if I will remember this book in a year, however.
Najin and Calvin leave Korean for America in 1948. They choose to take one daughter (Miran) but leave the other (Inja) with Najin's brother in Korea. They hope to either be back or send for her in a few years. But then the Korean War starts--there is no going back or sending for Inja, there is only hoping. Then after the war ticket prices are unaffordable and Calvin's job makes him question the safety of him returning at all.
The real story here, is the several reasons why Miran was taken and Inja left. Inja knows some, Miran knows a lie, and Najin doesn't know Inja knows. Najin has no idea about the secrets her brother has shared with Inja--and they are safe with her, as her uncle is, truly, her first father.
This book was fine, the narration fine (I have no idea how accurate the accents may be, but they did help me easily tell the characters apart). I don't know if I will remember this book in a year, however.