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"Some fiction is both story and testimonial - a bearing witness to lessons that must not be forgotten. Haunting and elegiac, The Stone Home is fearless in its clear-eyed recounting." - The Washington PostA 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 If You Leave Me.In 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.In South Korea in the 1980s, young Eunju and her mother are homeless on the street.
About the Author
Crystal Hana Kim holds an MFA from Columbia University and is a contributing editor for Apogee Journal. She has received numerous awards, including PEN America's Story Prize for Emerging Writers, along with fellowships and support from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Hedgebrook, the Jentel Foundation, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, among others. Born in Queens, NY, she now lives in Brooklyn with her husband. If You Leave Me is her first novel.
