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Her magical gift - the ability to infuse her cooking with her feelings: love, peace, delight - shifts into something far more powerful as her sorrow and anger seep into her confections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her talent is noticed by a Korean resistance fighter, she is taken to Manchuria and becomes enmeshed in a network of spies at a teahouse favoured by Japanese officials. Haunted at every turn by the spectre of Japanese soldiers, Young-Ja must learn to persevere, even against the brutality of the Imperial Army.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpanning the 20th century, with spellbinding intergenerational sweep and atmospheric magical realism, \u003ci\u003eHoney in the Wound\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways colonialism forces one family to transform and ultimately survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE ***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWHAT READERS ARE SAYING:\u003cbr\u003e'This novel swept me off my feet'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I will NEVER forget it'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most powerful reads I've ever stumbled upon'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It will bring out every emotion you have'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A breathtaking debut, rich, emotional, and steeped in myth and history'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'What Jiyoung Han has done here is nothing short of a multi-generational feminist epic'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":52844122505489,"sku":"NGR9781786587312","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53482931945745,"sku":"NLS9781786587312","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53555719667985,"sku":"GOR014958436","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53621845983505,"sku":"GOR014985587","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781786587312.jpg?v=1786114016"},{"product_id":"honey-in-the-wound-book-jiyoung-han-9781668202166","title":"Honey in the Wound","description":"\u003cb\u003eA lyrical and suspenseful debut novel about a mysteriously gifted Korean family confronting the brutality of the Japanese empire, \u003ci\u003eHoney in the Wound\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic tale of survival and the reclamation of power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A sister disappears and returns as a tiger. A mother's voice compels the truth from any tongue. A granddaughter divines secrets in others' dreams. These women are all of one lineage--a Korean family split across decades and borders by Japanese imperialism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At this saga's heart is Young-Ja, a girl who infuses food with her emotions. She revels in her gift for cooking, nourishing the people she loves with her cheerfulness. But her sunny childhood comes to an end in 1931 when Japanese soldiers crush her family's defiance against the Empire. Young-Ja is cast adrift, her food turning increasingly bitter with grief. When a Korean rebel fighter notices her talents, however, she is whisked off to Manchuria to join a secretive sisterhood of beautiful teahouse spies. There, Young-Ja finds a new sense of belonging and starts using her abilities for the resistance. 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