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- The old woman with the knife : a novel / by Ku, Pyŏng-mo,1976-author.; Kim, Chi-Young,translator.; translation of:Ku, Pyŏng-mo,1976-Pagwa.English.;
'The Old Woman with the Knife' is the kinetic story of a 65-year-old female assassin who faces an unexpected threat in the twilight of her career. This is an international bestseller and the English language debut from an award-winning South Korean author. A Dewey Diva Pick.- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Gu Byeong-Mo; Aging; Assassins; Female assassins; Murder for hire; Older women;
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- My brilliant life / by Kim, Ae-ran,1980-author.; Kim, Chi-Young,translator.; translation of:Kim, Ae-ran,1980-Tugŭn tugŭn nae insaeng.English.;
"My Brilliant Life interweaves the past and present of a tight-knit family, finding joy and happiness in even the most difficult times. Areum lives life to its fullest, vicariously through the stories of his parents, conversations with Little Grandpa Jang-his sixty-year-old neighbor and best friend-and through the books he reads to visit the places he would otherwise never see. For several months, Areum has been working on a manuscript, piecing together his parents' often embellished stories about his family and childhood. He hopes to present it on his birthday, as a final gift to his mom and dad; their own falling-in-love story. Through it all, Areum and his family will have you laughing and crying, for all the right reasons"--- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Families; Friendship; Manuscripts;
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- The good son / by Chŏng, Yu-jŏng,1966-author.; Kim, Chi-Young,translator.; translation of:Chŏng, Yu-jŏng,1966-Chong ŭi kiwŏn.English.;
"Who can you trust if you can't trust yourself? Early one morning, twenty-six-year-old Yu-jin wakes up to a strange metallic smell, and a phone call from his brother asking if everything's all right at home--he missed a call from their mother in the middle of the night. Yu-jin soon discovers her murdered body, lying in a pool of blood at the bottom of the stairs of their stylish Seoul duplex. He can't remember much about the night before; having suffered from seizures for most of his life, Yu-jin often has trouble with his memory. All he has is a faint impression of his mother calling his name. But was she calling for help? Or begging for her life?"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Mothers and sons; Chronically ill; Mothers; Memory; Murder;
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- Apartment women : a novel / by Ku, Pyŏng-mo,1976-author.; Kim, Chi-Young,translator.;
"When Yojin moves with her husband and daughter into the Dream Future Pilot Communal Apartments, she's ready for a fresh start. Located on the outskirts of Seoul, the experimental community is a government initiative designed to boost the national birth rate. Like her neighbors, Yojin has agreed to have at least two more children over the next ten years. Yet, from the day she arrives, Yojin feels uneasy about the community spirit thrust upon her. Her concerns grow as communal child care begins and the other parents show their true colors. Apartment Women traces the lives of four women in the apartments, all with different aspirations and beliefs. Will they find a way to live peacefully? Or are the cultural expectations around parenthood stacked against them from the start? A trenchant social novel from an award-winning author, Apartment Women incisively illuminates the unspoken imbalance of women's parenting labor, challenging the age-old assumption that "it takes a village" to raise a child"--- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Apartments; Communal living; Friendship; Wives; Women;
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