Ten Thousand Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan by Elizabeth Kim

Ten Thousand Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan

Elizabeth Kim

228 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
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The night Elizabeth Kim watched her grandfather and uncle hang her mother from the wooden rafter in the corner of their small Korean hut would forever define her life. Omma had committed the sin of sleeping with an American soldier, and producing ...

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sad 100%
emotional 87%
reflective 75%
dark 62%
inspiring 37%
challenging 25%
informative 25%
hopeful 12%
tense 12%

Pace

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medium 25%
slow 12%

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