I really enjoyed this book, the history of Korea when the Japanese ruled was very interesting and I learned a lot of facts about the Korea culture I didn't know.. I love when an author combines fact, history and fiction and there were many real life people portrayed here.
The story of the "picture brides", where women chose a husband by his picture, promising wealth and status in Hawaii, only to find out it was not to be. Most of them lived in poverty and worked in the field, many husbands were cruel, and treated them like slaves.
This is a story of a women who only wanted to be educated, and ended up with a husband who beat her when she tried to tell him of her dreams. Her story is so interesting you don't want to put the book down, and I finished it in a couple of evenings. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 since because it was a little too long and it dragged on at times. However, I highly recommend it.
The story of the "picture brides", where women chose a husband by his picture, promising wealth and status in Hawaii, only to find out it was not to be. Most of them lived in poverty and worked in the field, many husbands were cruel, and treated them like slaves.
This is a story of a women who only wanted to be educated, and ended up with a husband who beat her when she tried to tell him of her dreams. Her story is so interesting you don't want to put the book down, and I finished it in a couple of evenings. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 since because it was a little too long and it dragged on at times. However, I highly recommend it.
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