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Author:
Brennert, Alan.
Title:
Honolulu [CD book] / by Alan Brennert.
Format:
[CD book] /
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publisher:
Recorded Books,
Copyright Date:
p2009
Description:
14 sound discs (15 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Korean American women--Fiction.
Korean women--Fiction.
Women immigrants--United States--Fiction.
Mail order brides--United States--Fiction.
Honolulu (Hawaii)--Fiction.
Korea--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.
Audiobooks.
Other Authors:
Ahn, Ali.
Notes:
"With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container. Narrated by Ali Ahn.
Summary:
When a young Korean girl known as Regret leaves her homeland for a better life in Hawaii, as a "picture bride," she expects to find prosperity and a chance at education. But the rich husband she is promised turns out to be a poor plantation worker with drinking and gambling problems, and the girl now known as Jin is forced to seek her own path. Joining with her fellow picture brides to start a business, Jin must shed her naieveteĢ and overcome prejudice to succeed in this foreign land.
ISBN:
1436171148
9781436171144
OCLC:
(OCoLC)302060237
Locations:
GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

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