{"product_id":"stone-home-1","title":"Stone Home","description":"\u003ch1\u003eStone Home\u003c\/h1\u003eCrystal Hana Kim,Crystal Hana Kim\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003eApril 2 2024\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780063310971\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 006331097X\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It is a privilege to read Crystal Hana Kim's fiction, which both edifies and enlightens.\" --Min Jin Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean history through the eyes of a small community living in a reformatory center--a stunning work of great emotional power from the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eIf You Leave Me\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2011, Eunju Oh opens her door to greet a stranger: a young Korean American woman holding a familiar-looking knife--a knife Eunju hasn't seen in thirty years, and that connects her to a place she'd desperately hoped to leave behind forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn South Korea in the 1980s, young Eunju and her mother are homeless on the street. After being captured by the police, they're sent to live within the walls of a state-sanctioned reformatory center that claims to rehabilitate the nation's citizens but hides a darker, more violent reality. While Eunju and her mother form a tight-knit community with the other women in the kitchen, two teenage brothers, Sangchul and Youngchul, are compelled to labor in the workshops and make increasingly desperate decisions--and all are forced down a path of survival, the repercussions of which will echo for decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by real events, told through alternating timelines and two intimate perspectives, \u003cem\u003eThe Stone Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply affecting story of a mother and daughter's love and a pair of brothers whose bond is put to an unfathomably difficult test. Capturing a shameful period of history with breathtaking restraint and tenderness, Crystal Hana Kim weaves a lyrical exploration of the legacy of violence and the complicated psychology of power, while showcasing the extraordinary acts of devotion and friendship that can arise in the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390721196077,"sku":"WHS-df9fcbf2f3ec407abd1dc6bdf55ce55e","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_5bff4a2c-f336-4aa7-a5b1-ee2e87b0c88c.jpg?v=1787346438","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/stone-home-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}