Minbak

<p><b>'Compelling, heartbreaking, and beautifully written . . . Will stay with me forever'</b> Jennie Godfrey<br><br><b>'A novel of secrets, love and grief, it cements Lee as a writer to follow.' </b>RED<br><br><b><u>*A RADIO 2 WINTER BOOK CLUB PICK*</u></b><br><br><b>'A beautiful, tender story of displacement and loss which shows the resilience of the human spirit' </b>Cecile Pin<br><br><b>'Deeply moving and graceful, it shines light on a secret slice of Korea s history, gradually unveiling the secrets that bind and divide three generations'</b> Silvia Park<br><br>A sweeping story of three generations of women who cross continents and decades to find truth, forgiveness and compassion.<br><br>Incheon, 1985. A nameless baby is born in a minbak in South Korea and vanishes nine days later.<br><br>London, 2008. When tragedy strikes, Hana faces ruin. She is forced to move her family her teenage daughter Ada and ailing mother Youngja into a single room with her, converting the rest of their home into a minbak, in a painful echo of her past life.<br><br>In the confined space of their shared room, there is nowhere to hide. As the past collides with the present, all three women are forced to face not only their family s dark history, but that of an entire country.<br><br><br><b> Lyrical and devastating Minbak is a flawless meditation on memory, love and misunderstanding. </b>Ella King<br><br><b> A poignant and precise novel by a writer of great skill </b> Nicola Dinan<br><br><b> Had me utterly engrossed. An incredible story of love, conflict and heartbreak. </b> Rosie Price</p><p><br><b>Readers are LOVING Minbak:</b><br><br> Tender, heart wrenching and honest <br> A masterpiece, a perfect exercise in empathy and survival <br> A quietly devastating novel about three generations of Korean women whose present is, in different ways, haunted by the past . . . Beautiful and bittersweet <br> Heartbreaking but utterly stunning <br> Stunning at the core of it, it feels like it s a book about choices, memory, and ultimately, love <br> All I can say is WOW! <br></p>