Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) : Hardback : Grand Central Publishing : 9781455563937 : 1455563935 : 17 Feb 2017 : "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. So begins a sweeping saga of an exceptional family in exile from its homeland and caught in the indifferent arc of history. Through desperate struggles and hard-won triumphs, its members are bound together by deep roots as they face enduring questions of faith, family, and identity"--... Mehr