{"product_id":"the-waiting-keum-suk-gendry-kim-9781770464575","title":"The Waiting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story begins with a mother's confession...sisters permanently separated by a border during the Korean War\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeum Suk Gendry-Kim was an adult when her mother revealed a family secret: She had been separated from her sister during the Korean War. It's not an uncommon story--the peninsula was split across the 38th parallel, dividing one country into two. As many fled violence in the north, not everyone was able to make it south. Her mother's story inspired Gendry-Kim to begin interviewing her and other Koreans separated by the war; that research fueled a deeply resonant graphic novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn't know. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. But peace didn't come. The young family of four fled south. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from her husband and son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen seventy years passed. Seventy years of waiting. Gwija is now an elderly woman and Jina can't stop thinking about the promise she made to help find her brother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExpertly translated from the Korean by the award-winning translator Janet Hong, \u003ci\u003eThe Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e is the devastating followup to Gendry-Kim's \u003ci\u003eGrass\u003c\/i\u003e, which appeared on best of the year lists from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, The Guardian, Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keum Suk Gendry-Kim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770464573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770464575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e517813 \/ Waiting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2021 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2021 pg. 68","brand":"Keum Suk Gendry-Kim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056583373055,"sku":"9781770464575","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f014b57-31df-47da-aa11-bd870b1eca1a.jpg?v=1685042116","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-waiting-keum-suk-gendry-kim-9781770464575","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}