{"product_id":"a-gift-of-the-emperor-therese-s-park-9780595350056","title":"A Gift of the Emperor","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Gift of the Emperor\u003c\/i\u003e is the poignant fictional account of real-life atrocities inflicted upon more than 200,000 Asian women by the Japanese military during World War II. This haunting story is narrated by Soon-ah, a Korean schoolgirl whose life is shattered when Emperor Hirohito's soldiers abduct her from her village and ship her and her schoolmates to a \"house of relaxation\" in the South Pacific. Here, on an island with surreal beauty, Soon-ah is forced into prostitution as a \"comfort woman\" to the Japanese military. This scorching account of one woman's endurance of sexual degradation and the unspeakable horror of war provides compelling testimony to the strength of the human spirit, the power of love over hate, and the ultimate triumph of hope over despair. \u003cp\u003eRita Nakashima Brock, co-author of \u003ci\u003eCasting Stone: Prostitution and Liberation in Asia and the United States\u003c\/i\u003e wrote: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The searing horrors of history come alive in stories that add flesh and blood to the dry bones of evidence and news reports. \u003cb\u003eTherese Park\u003c\/b\u003e has given us such a vivid story... Her intelligent, nuanced and humane work paints a portrait of human courage, hope, love, and survival under conditions most of us cannot even imagine...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Therese S. Park\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595350054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595350056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d","brand":"Therese S. Park","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435542065407,"sku":"9780595350056","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_016e1cd6-bdf0-42fc-ac90-0e2421cfb311.jpg?v=1777151068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-gift-of-the-emperor-therese-s-park-9780595350056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}