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Shelter : [Book Club Set] / by Yun, Jung.;
"Kyung Cho's home is worth less money than he owes. A tenure-track professor, he and his wife, Gillian, have always lived beyond their means. Now their decisions have caught up with them, and Kyung is anxious for his family's future: all he wants is to provide the home that was denied him to their son. Not that he ever wanted for pleasing things -- his father moved the family from Korea, and made good money engineering patents for the university that now employs his son. Kyung was raised in the town's most affluent neighborhood, in the exquisite house where his parents, Jin and Mae, still live, but his childhood was far from comfortable. Jin was always swift to anger, and whenever he took a hand to Mae, she would inflict the wounds she suffered on Kyung. With the support of his parents' pastor, Kyung brought the cycle to a halt, but he cannot bear the thought of asking them for help. Yet when Jin and Mae become victims of a violent home invasion, the dynamic suddenly changes, and Kyung is compelled to take them in. As the carefully established distance between Kyung and his parents collapses, he must reckon with his childhood, even as the life that he has built begins to crumble. As Shelter veers swiftly toward its startling conclusion, Jung Yun's debut novel leads us through dark and violent territory, where, unexpectedly, the Chos discover hope. Taut and masterfully told, it as riveting as it is profound"--
Subjects: Korean Americans; Families; FICTION / Literary.; FICTION / Suspense.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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A brush with magic / by Ahn, Flora.;
During her first trip to Korea, twelve-year-old Yumi discovers a magical ink brush in her grandfather's attic which inadvertently summons a dokkaebi, a creature from Korean fairy tales, and embarks on an adventure through Seoul while navigating newfound powers and the consequences of her magic.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic; Goblins; Families; Mythology, Korean; Korean Americans;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Minari [videorecording] / by Han, Ye-ri,1984-actor.; Yun, Yŏ-jŏng,1947-actor.; Cho, Noel Kate,actor.; Chung, Lee Isaac,1978-film director,screenwriter.; Cox, Darryl,1955-actor.; Gardner, Dede,film producer.; Haze, Scott,actor.; Kim, Alan S.,2012-actor.; Kleiner, Jeremy,film producer.; Milne, Lachlan,director of photography.; Mosseri, Emile(Composer),composer (expression); Oh, Christina,film producer.; Patton, Will,actor.; Yeun, Steven,actor.; Yoon, Harry,1971-editor of moving image work.; A24 (Firm),presenter.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.; Plan B (Firm),production company.;
Director of photography, Lachlan Milne ; editor, editor, Harry Yoon ; music, Emile Mosseri.Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan S. Kim, Darryl Cox, Esther Moon, Will Patton, Tina Parker, Yuh-Jung Youn, Noel Kate Cho.A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13 (some thematic elements and a rude gesture).Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Coming-of-age films.; Families; Farms; Grandmothers; Korean Americans;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The last story of Mina Lee / by Kim, Nancy Jooyoun,author.;
"Margot Lee's mother isn't returning her calls. It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot, until she visits her childhood apartment in Koreatown and finds her mother dead under suspicious circumstances. The discovery sends Margot digging through the past, unraveling the facts of Mina's life as a Korean War orphan and undocumented immigrant, only to realize how little she truly knew about her mother"--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Korean American women; Mothers and daughters; Mothers; Family secrets; Koreans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mindy Kim and the yummy seaweed business / by Lee, Lyla.; Ho, Dung.;
Mindy Kim wants to fit in at her new school, but her favorite lunch leads to scorn, then a thriving business, and finally big trouble.Ages 6-9.
Subjects: Moving, Household; Schools; Korean Americans; Single-parent families; Grief;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Nuclear family : a novel / by Han, Joseph,author.;
"Mr. and Mrs. Cho run a successful chain of Hawai'ian plate lunch restaurants, and their adult children are finding their way in the world: 21-year-old Grace is graduating in a few months, and 25-year-old Jacob is teaching English in Seoul. They're set to take over the restaurants when Umma and Appa retire. But when Jacob is captured by the South Korean government for attempting to run across the DMZ, the Chos' peaceful lives are shattered. What could possess Jacob to do something so stupid? The Chos don't know that Jacob has been literally possessed by his wily grandfather's ghost, don't know that Jacob is hiding his bisexuality and confusion over his identity as a Korean-American; they don't know that Grace is constantly stoned and plotting her escape from the island and her family's expectations. The children don't know the burdens of their immigrant parents. Joseph Han draws from Korean myth to explore the generational trauma experienced by families shattered by partition, and the impacts of American imperialism on the Korean peninsula. Nuclear family is a spectacular debut novel -- at once devastating and hilarious -- about the memories that bind and divide families, and the yearning for home"--
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Adult children of immigrants; Bisexuals; Family secrets; Identity (Psychology); Korean American families; Korean Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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What we kept to ourselves : a novel / by Kim, Nancy Jooyoun,author.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Story of Mina Lee comes a propulsive new novel of a family that unravels when a stranger is found dead in their backyard, only to find he might hold the key to finding their mother who disappeared a year ago"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Criminal investigation; Families; Family secrets; Korean Americans; Missing persons; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Frankly in love / by Yoon, David.;
"High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to go after a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love--or himself--at all"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Korean Americans; Friendship; Dating (Social customs); Racism; High schools; Schools; Families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mindy Kim and the Lunar New Year parade / by Lee, Lyla.; Ho, Dung.;
Ages 6-9.LSC
Subjects: Kim, Mindy (Fictitious character); Korean Americans; Single-parent families; Parades;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Exhibit / by Kwon, R. O.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."At a lavish party in the hills outside of San Francisco, Jin Han meets Lidija Jung and nothing will ever be the same for either woman. A brilliant, young photographer, Jin is at a crossroads in her work, in her marriage to college sweetheart Phillip, in who she is and who she wants to be. Lidija is a glamorous, injured world-class ballerina on hiatus from her ballet company under mysterious circumstances. Drawn to each other by their intense artistic drives, the two women talk all night. Cracked open, Jin finds herself telling Lidija about a old familial curse, breaking a lifelong promise; she's been told that if she doesn't keep the curse a secret, she risks losing everything. As Jin and Lidija become more entangled, they realize they share more than the ferocity of their ambition, and begin to explore hidden desires. Something is ignited in Jin: her art, her body, and her sense of self changed forever. But can she avoid the specter of the curse? Urgent, bold, and deeply moving, Exhibit asks: how brightly can you burn before you light your life on fire?"--
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Novels.; Adultery; Ballet dancers; Blessing and cursing; Family secrets; Korean American women; Married people; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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