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  • Author: Brennert, Alan
    Contributor:

    Ahn, Ali

    Summary:

    When a young Korean girl known as Regret leaves her homeland for a better life in Hawaii, as a "picture bride," she expects to find prosperity and a chance at education. But the rich husband she is promised turns out to be a poor plantation worker with drinking and gambling problems, and the girl now known as Jin is forced to seek her own path. Joining with her fellow picture brides to start a business, Jin must shed her naieveté and overcome prejudice to succeed in this foreign land.

    Genre: Domestic fiction, Historical fiction, Psychological fiction
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD , [Prince Frederick, Md.] , Recorded Books , [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781456108878

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Ahn, Ali

Abstract

When a young Korean girl known as Regret leaves her homeland for a better life in Hawaii, as a "picture bride," she expects to find prosperity and a chance at education. But the rich husband she is promised turns out to be a poor plantation worker with drinking and gambling problems, and the girl now known as Jin is forced to seek her own path. Joining with her fellow picture brides to start a business, Jin must shed her naieveté and overcome prejudice to succeed in this foreign land.

Genre
Domestic fiction
Historical fiction
Psychological fiction
Publisher (Source)

Prince Frederick, MD

[Prince Frederick, Md.]

Recorded Books

[Distributed by] OneClick Digital

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