{"product_id":"the-second-time-mel-c-steel-9798280472921","title":"The Second Time: The Moment Everything Changed","description":"*\"We're okay. We're making it.\"*For three years, twenty-two-year-old Ji-Young Kim has repeated this daily affirmation while raising her daughter Soo-Min alone in Seoul. After her first unplanned pregnancy shattered her university dreams and nearly severed her relationship with her traditional parents, she has painstakingly rebuilt her life-working at an education center while pursuing online courses and gradually regaining her family's conditional approval. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, just as this careful balance has begun to stabilize, with a supportive boyfriend and slowly healing family ties, Ji-Young faces the unthinkable: a second pregnancy that threatens to destroy everything she has struggled to reconstruct. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs morning sickness mingles with panic attacks, Ji-Young must navigate impossible choices. Will her boyfriend Min-ho stay, unlike Soo-Min's father who vanished at the first mention of pregnancy? Will her parents, whose acceptance has been so hard-won, reject her completely this time? And how will she provide for two children when she's barely managing with one? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the backdrop of contemporary Seoul, where traditional family expectations clash with modern realities, this poignant story explores how lightning can strike twice in the same place-and how sometimes our greatest strength emerges when we're forced to begin again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mel C. Steel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798280472921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Mel C. Steel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442860437759,"sku":"9798280472921","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_511d6e68-cf4f-4baa-b2c9-410becffbeca.jpg?v=1777200273","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-second-time-mel-c-steel-9798280472921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}