MIN JIN LEE
1) Pachinko
Author
Language
English
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2019 July Book Group Selections
2019 May Book Group Selections
2024 January Book Group Selections
May Displays
2019 May Book Group Selections
2024 January Book Group Selections
May Displays
Description
"A new tour de force from the bestselling author of Free Food for Millionaires, for readers of The Kite Runner and Cutting for Stone. PACHINKO follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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2020 February Book Group Selections
Freedom To Read!
Frequently banned or challenged books from 1990-1999
Freedom To Read!
Frequently banned or challenged books from 1990-1999
Description
"A beautifully illustrated version of the original 1925 edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic Great American novel. Widely considered to be the greatest American novel of all time, The Great Gatsby is the story of the wealthy, quixotic Jay Gatsby and his obsessive love for debutante Daisy Buchanan. It is also a cautionary tale of the American Dream in all its exuberance, decadence, hedonism, and passion. First published in 1925 by Charles Scribner's...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor. Min Jin Lee, author of the highly acclaimed National Book Award Finalist Pachinko, selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.