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The story begins with a mother''s confession...sisters permanently separated by a border during the Korean War

Keum 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 storythe 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.

The Waiting 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 roa

The Waiting

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    Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
    Publication Date: 1/26/2021
    ISBN13: 9781770464575, 978-1770464575
    ISBN10: 1770464573

    Fiction , Graphic Novels & Manga

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    The story begins with a mother''s confession...sisters permanently separated by a border during the Korean War

    Keum 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 storythe 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.

    The Waiting 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 roa

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