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Su-young is an illegitimate child in 1960s South Korea. War-torn, unforgiving, and devastatingly poor, the country is nothing like the modern, affluent Korea of today. Su-young is moved from home to home as her mother looks for work. Her birth is a stigma of shame for mother and child. Soon after Su-young finds a seemingly stable home with her aunt she receives heartbreaking news: her mother has fallen for a young American soldier. They marry and head for America, leaving Su-young behind. When her aunt falls deeper and deeper into poverty, the family turns on her with cruelty and humiliations. Su-young spirals down. How will she find the courage and resources to fight for her humanity and survival? Her defiant struggle will hold the reader in suspense until the final page.
Discover the heartwarming feel-good 'Escape To...' romance series from bestselling author Sarah Hope This boxset contains books 1-3 in the Escape To... romance series, perfect for fans of Holly Martin, Jessica Redland and Polly Babbington The Little Beach Cafe Christmas at Corner Cottage Berry Grove Bed and Breakfast The Little Beach Cafe When Pippa’s aunt leaves her a cafe by the beach, it doesn’t take her long to jump at the chance of a new start. Waving goodbye to mounting debt, threatening bailiffs and never-ending shifts at a job she hates, she and her young son, Joshua, prepare for their new life. But as Pippa strives to make her new business a success, the arrival of her ex makes ...
This book provides a detailed survey of the Korean language, covering its speakers, genetic affiliation, historical development, dialects, lexicon, writing systems, sound patterns, word structure, and grammatical structure. It is designed to be accessible to a wide readership, and provides a wealth of data in a user-friendly format that does not presuppose an in-depth knowledge of the latest linguistic theories. It will be used by general linguists and Korean linguists who are interested in the typological characteristics of the language from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives, and by undergraduates and graduate students in those disciplines who seek a comprehensive introduction to the linguistics of Korean. Likewise, advanced students of the Korean language and language educators will find it offers valuable insights into lexical, phonological, morphological and syntactic aspects of the language for their purposes.
Eighteen-year-old Pretty Jones knows her mothers words by heart: Your body is a temple. Treat it with respect. Save it for your husband. Pretty, who recently graduated from Madison High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, fully intends to heed her mothers advice. Then, a chance meeting in a McDonalds parking lot changes Prettys life forever. A young man who calls himself Nehemiah woos the spoiled and carefree Pretty with promises of gifts and romantic dinners. She believes shes snagged a good Christian man, one who claims hes a virgin just like her. Pretty then decides that she can survive one night of sinful pleasure without pain or consequences, and she abandons her Christian upbringing. The good man gives her a blessing that would last her as long as she lives. Pretty faces the devastating outcome of her reckless decision and turns to a forgiving God and the loving support of family and friends.
Korean popular music has in the last decade become a significant model for youth culture throughout Asia. Yet, although the Korean music industry is both vibrant and massive, this is the first book-length work devoted to the subject to appear in English.
Black Internationalist Feminism examines how African American women writers affiliated themselves with the post-World War II Black Communist Left and developed a distinct strand of feminism. This vital yet largely overlooked feminist tradition built upon and critically retheorized the postwar Left's "nationalist internationalism," which connected the liberation of Blacks in the United States to the liberation of Third World nations and the worldwide proletariat. Black internationalist feminism critiques racist, heteronormative, and masculinist articulations of nationalism while maintaining the importance of national liberation movements for achieving Black women's social, political, and econ...
This book encompasses the most updated and recent account of research and implementation of Microbial Electrochemical Technologies (METs) from pioneers and experienced researchers in the field who have been working on the interface between electrochemistry and microbiology/biotechnology for many years. It provides a holistic view of the METs, detailing the functional mechanisms, operational configurations, influencing factors governing the reaction process and integration strategies. The book not only provides historical perspectives of the technology and its evolution over the years but also the most recent examples of up-scaling and near future commercialization, making it a must-read for ...
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!!! FSK 18 !!! Mit einer eigenen Buchhandlung hat sich Kim ihren Lebenstraum erfüllt. Tag für Tag schuftet sie, um diesen Traum aufrechterhalten zu können. Sehr zum Leidwesen ihres Liebeslebens. Denn dieses bleibt rücksichtslos auf der Strecke. Bis zu dem Tag, an dem die junge Sidney an der Kasse steht. Trotz einiger Bedenken, beginnt Kim eine Affäre mit ihr. Als ihr dann aber auch noch ihre große Liebe Mia gegenübersteht, wird ihr Leben noch komplizierter und turbulenter, als es eh schon ist. Denn um ihren Traum leben zu können, hat sich Kim zu einem drastischen Schritt entschieden. Sie verkauft ihren Körper an Männer. Als Prostituierte und später als Domina, verliert sich Kim vollständig in dieser neuen und tiefgründigen Welt, bis sie nur noch einen Ausweg für sich selbst entdeckt – Körperlicher Schmerz. Gefangen in einer Welt, in der sie nicht sein möchte, beginnt Kim eine Suche nach sich selbst und stößt dabei allen Menschen um sich herum vor den Kopf.