Comfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller

Comfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller

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"On the fifth anniversary of my father's death, my mother confessed to his murder". Beccah, a young Korean-American girl growing up in Hawaii, uncovers the dark secrets of her mother's dislocated past, from being sold into prostitution, to the death of her first child and her unhappy marriage.

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Comfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller

"On the fifth anniversary of my father's death, my mother confessed to his murder". Beccah, a young Korean-American girl growing up in Hawaii, uncovers the dark secrets of her mother's dislocated past, from being sold into prostitution, to the death of her first child and her unhappy marriage.
Nora Okja Keller was born in Seoul, Korea, and now lives in Hawaii. In 1995, Keller received the Pushcart Prize for 'Mother Tongue', a piece that became part of COMFORT WOMAN which was longlisted for the Orange Prize.
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ISBN 13 9781860498749
ISBN 10 1860498744
Title Comfort Woman
Author Nora Okja Keller
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 2001-08-02
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.