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World Literature Book Club

The Picture Bride by Lee Geum-Yi

2023-03-07 14:30:00 2023-03-07 15:30:00 America/New_York World Literature Book Club Reed Memorial Library - Carlin Room

Tuesday, March 07
2:30pm - 3:30pm

Add to Calendar 2023-03-07 14:30:00 2023-03-07 15:30:00 America/New_York World Literature Book Club The Picture Bride is a historical fiction that tells the story of three Korean women in 1918 who left their home in search of a better life in Hawaii. Limited to 15 people. Reed Memorial Library - Carlin Room

Reed Memorial Library

Carlin Room

The Picture Bride is a historical fiction that tells the story of three Korean women in 1918 who left their home in search of a better life in Hawaii. Limited to 15 people.

Could you marry a man you’ve never met? Three Korean women in 1918 make a life-changing journey to Hawaii, where they will marry, having seen only photographs of their intended husbands. Different fates await each of these women. Hongju, who dreams of a marriage of ‘natural love’, meets a man who looks twenty years older than his photograph; Songhwa, who wants to escape from her life of ridicule as the granddaughter of a shaman, meets a lazy drunkard. And then there’s Willow, whose 26-year-old groom, Taewan, looks just like his image. Real life doesn’t always resemble a picture, but there’s no going back. And while things don’t turn out quite as they’d hoped, even for Willow, they do find something that makes their journey worthwhile — each other.

AGE GROUP: | Tweens | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion |

TAGS: | Ages 14 - 18 | Adult |

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