{"product_id":"obligations-and-aspirations-kim-jai-sook-martin-9781491730898","title":"Obligations and Aspirations: A Memoir of Growing Up in Korea and an Unexpected New Life in Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003eKim Jai Sook Martin entered the world in 1935, during the Japanese occupation of her native Korea. She was the second daughter of an ordinary family, born to parents who had hoped for a boy; they dressed her as one until she was three, when her brother was born. By the age of six, she had already learned the price of her fierce independence: refusing to acknowledge the Japanese flag as the Korean national flag, she was denied entrance to her first year of school.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis early conflict set Kim Jai Sook on a lifetime quest to understand her obligations to her family, her culture, her country, herself, and, ultimately, to God. Hers is a story of perseverance, turmoil, and love, as she fought to maintain balance between duty and her own desires.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe set her goals high. As the survivor of Japanese subjugation and two wars, she committed herself to living as a responsible and worthy person. As an adult, in pursuit of her deep desire to become a teacher, she left Korea and built a new life in Canada, where her father's advice on dealing with people became her guiding principles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is her story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kim Jai Sook Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1491730897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491730898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Kim Jai Sook Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445182050559,"sku":"9781491730898","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0572e17b-b3c9-48e4-b340-8a16db169d86.jpg?v=1777217057","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/obligations-and-aspirations-kim-jai-sook-martin-9781491730898","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}