{"product_id":"the-stone-home-9780063310988","title":"The Stone Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Some fiction is both story and testimonial--a bearing witness to lessons that must not be forgotten. Haunting and elegiac, \u003cem\u003eThe Stone Home \u003c\/em\u003eis fearless in its clear-eyed recounting.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean history through the eyes of a small community living in a reformatory center--a stunning work of great emotional power from the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eIf You Leave Me\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2011, Eunju Oh opens her door to greet a stranger: a young Korean American woman holding a familiar-looking knife--a knife Eunju hasn't seen in thirty years, and that connects her to a place she'd desperately hoped to leave behind forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn South Korea in the 1980s, young Eunju and her mother are homeless on the street. After being captured by the police, they're sent to live within the walls of a state-sanctioned reformatory center that claims to rehabilitate the nation's citizens but hides a darker, more violent reality. While Eunju and her mother form a tight-knit community with the other women in the kitchen, two teenage brothers, Sangchul and Youngchul, are compelled to labor in the workshops and make increasingly desperate decisions--and all are forced down a path of survival, the repercussions of which will echo for decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by real events, told through alternating timelines and two intimate perspectives, \u003cem\u003eThe Stone Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply affecting story of a mother and daughter's love and a pair of brothers whose bond is put to an unfathomably difficult test. Capturing a shameful period of history with breathtaking restraint and tenderness, Crystal Hana Kim weaves a lyrical exploration of the legacy of violence and the complicated psychology of power, while showcasing the extraordinary acts of devotion and friendship that can arise in the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim, Crystal Hana:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrystal Hana Kim\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eIf You Leave Me\u003c\/em\u003e, which was named a best book of 2018 by over a dozen publications. Kim is the recipient of the 2022 National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award and is a 2017 PEN\/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize winner. Currently, she is the Visiting Assistant Professor at Queens College and a contributing editor at \u003cem\u003eApogee Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51201018462482,"sku":"9780063310988","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1367281d-95f4-4b16-8765-66b165481516.jpg?v=1756799025","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-stone-home-9780063310988","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}