Lee Geumyi et al / 이금이 / 2022 / -

Можно ли выйти замуж за человека, которого никогда не видела? В 1918 году три кореянки покидают родные дома и отправляются в судьбоносное путешествие на Гавайи: они решают вступить в брак, увидев только фотографии своих предполагаемых мужей.Каждая из девушек бежит на другой конец мира в поисках лучшей жизни, но вскоре их мечты рушатся. Избранник Хончжу оказывается на тридцать лет старше, чем на фотографии. Сонхва отдана в жены ленивому пьянице. А Подыль хоть и сделала хорошую партию, но все равно несчастна: ее жених Тхэван согласился на свадьбу не по своей воле.Но пути назад нет. И теперь подругам предстоит свыкнуться с новой реальностью и начать все с чистого листа.Для кого эта книгаДля тех, кто любит истории, в основе которых лежат реальные исторические события.Для читателей книг Те Нэм Джу («Госпожа Ким Чжи Ен, рожденная в 1982 году»), Лизы Си, Син Кёнсук.Для тех, кому интересно узнать, кто такие «невесты по фотографии» и как складывалась их судьба.Для любителей затягивающих романов с нестандартным сюжетом.На русском языке публикуется впервые. Source: https://lti.overdrive.com/media/9221731?cid=37224

Lee Geumyi et al / 이금이 / 2022 / -

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. Source: https://lti.overdrive.com/media/8879456?cid=37224

Lee Geumyi et al / 이금이 / 2022 / -

"Your husband is a landowner," they told her. "Food and clothing is so plentiful, it grows on trees." "You will be able to go to school." Of the three lies the matchmaker told Willow before she left home as a picture bride in 1918, the third hurt the most. Never one to be deterred, Willow does all that she can to make the best of her unexpected circumstance. But it isn't long before her dreams for this new life are shattered, first by a husband who never wanted to marry her in the first place, and then by the escalation of the Korean independence movements, unified in goal, but divergent in action, which threaten to split the Hawaiian Korean community and divide Willow's family and friends. Braving the rough waters of these tumultuous years, Willow forges ahead, creating new dreams through her own blood, sweat, and tears; working tirelessly toward a better life for her family and loved ones. Source: https://lti.overdrive.com/media/8438525?cid=37224

Lee Geumyi et al / 이금이 / 2023 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Can't I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant in the early 20th century. When the daughter's suitor is arrested as a Korean Independence activist, and she is implicated during the investigation, she is quickly forced into marriage to one of her father's Japanese employees and shipped off to the United States. At the same time, her maidservant is sent in her mistress's place to be a comfort woman to the Japanese Imperial army. Years of hardship, survival, and even happiness follows. In the aftermath of WWII, the women make their way home, where they must reckon with the tangled lives they've led, in an attempt to reclaim their identities, and find their place in an independent Korea. A Macmillan Audio production from Forge Books. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/9191150

Lee Geumyi et al / 이금이 / 2023 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Can't I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant in the early 20th century. When the daughter's suitor is arrested as a Korean Independence activist, and she is implicated during the investigation, she is quickly forced into marriage to one of her father's Japanese employees and shipped off to the United States. At the same time, her maidservant is sent in her mistress's place to be a comfort woman to the Japanese Imperial army. Years of hardship, survival, and even happiness follows. In the aftermath of WWII, the women make their way home, where they must reckon with the tangled lives they've led, in an attempt to reclaim their identities, and find their place in an independent Korea. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/9174766