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This Burns My Heart (2011)

by Samuel Park(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1439199612 (ISBN13: 9781439199619)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group

review 1: Well I read this book by mere chance as it was left by a friend and I eventually started it months later. But what a revelation! First of all there is the setting which, for a French like me, is both unknown and exotic. Then the story is griping thanks to its resilient heroin you really sympathize with. I do not know if traditional Korean families are still that dictatorial and I would be interested to know. I have a feeling they are since my husband is from India and being a daughter in law there is really no enviable fate.
review 2: An interesting story, but takes a back seat to Shanghai Girls or Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet in terms of its depth of character. Characters seemed a little stereotyped, the long-suffering heroine, a weak spouse, the h... moreateful father-in-law. I do like these stories that take me into a part of history and culture, and this book did give me a sense of what life can be like for women whose life expectations are limited. I do wonder how much things have changed for them, for this book is of a more recent period in time, a point in time where things are changing. How much have they changed for women there? less

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