{"product_id":"sad-peninsula-mark-sampson-9781459709256","title":"Sad Peninsula","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Canadian ex-pat and a Korean former \"comfort woman,\" each scarred by their pasts, seek redemption. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo separate lives become connected in South Korea: traumatized former Korean \"comfort woman\" Eun-young, who struggles with her past of rape and violence; and Michael, a troubled young Canadian arriving in Korea to teach ESL, whose principles and humanity are tested by Seoul's seedy expatriate underbelly. A world away and two generations apart, their lives collide through the fiery Jin, who challenges stereotypes of her race and gender as well as Michael's morality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through meticulously crafted and heart-wrenching prose, \u003ci\u003eSad Peninsula \u003c\/i\u003etakes the reader across oceans and decades, outlining the boundaries between seduction and coercion, between love and destruction, between a past that can't be undone and a future that seems just out of reach. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Sampson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 145970925X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459709256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.49w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/2014","brand":"Mark Sampson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48995762602239,"sku":"9781459709256","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sad-peninsula-mark-sampson-9781459709256","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}