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Gathering Of Pearls
by Choi, Sook Nyul
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395674379
- ISBN 13
- 9780395674376
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Tolar, Texas, United States
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Synopsis
It is easy to fall in love with this gentle girl. . . . Readers who share in this emotional journey with Sookan will grow along with her in wisdom.”School Library Journal Just as oysters make pearls out of grains of sand, women create something precious from their suffering. Preparing to face life alone, Sookan gathers her strengthher pearlsand resolves to succeed.”Kirkus Reviews As Sookan Bak, the heroine of Year of Impossible Goodbyes and Echoes of the White Giraffe, travels the long distance between Seoul, Korea, and New York City, she is consumed by questions about her future. What will her life in America be like? Will she be able to communicate and fit in? Will she do well in her studies? And has she been selfish in her decision to leave her family and pursue her own dreams? Here is the compelling, often surprising story of Sookan’s first year in a very foreign countrya joyful, overwhelming, and exhilarating time.
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- Top Notch books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133080
- Title
- Gathering Of Pearls
- Author
- Choi, Sook Nyul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395674379
- ISBN 13
- 9780395674376
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Mass. , USA
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- FICTION, EXCHANGE STUDENT, FRIENDSHIPS, GENERAL
- Size
- 8vo
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