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Pachinko

By: Min Jin Lee
Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
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About this listen

Yeongdo, Korea - 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a 15-year-old girl. The couple have one child: their beloved daughter, Sunja.

When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin. But then, Isak, a Christian minister, offers her a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife. Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country in which she has no friends and no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja's salvation is just the beginning of her story.

©2017 Min Jin Lee (P)2017 Hachette Audio Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Heartfelt Inspiring Thought-Provoking

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Honestly written story. Unpretentious and engaging. Nicely read too. I now need six more words

Great old-fashioned saga but with a modern feel as well.

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I initially enjoyed the slow unfolding of this story and the characters. the cultures and how the war impacted koreans and their standing in Japan.
However I felt it rushed too fast in the end, sweeping through the decades and dropping to peripheral characters I was interested in for most of the story.

epic family tale.

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I really enjoyed listening to this story and it was beautifully read. Thank you 🙏 a real treat for the imagination

Wonderful

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This is a wonderful story and beautifully written. The characters were captivating. thoroughly enjoyed this

Could not put this down.

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Much slower paced than my usual but it allowed me to become really invested in the characters. Really interesting and moving insight into an unfamiliar culture.

Slow but worth it

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