- Paperback
- Publisher: BANTAM (2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553812645
- ISBN-13: 978-0553812640
- Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 19.8 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Whenever you need a reality check - or some inspiration,
By Claire (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Korean War Orphan (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Kim's story is fascinating, torturous, disturbing, and inexplicably sad. This book, in short, amazed me. I recommend it to everyone: it is humbling and inspiring even during Kim's direst descriptions. It made me realize how incredibly lucky I am and how trivial my problems really are. There is such a truth in the book's narration - I never detected a hint of self-pity, nor a plea for others' pity. There have only been a few books that I have read that have made me feel different emotions so strongly and empathetically. This is a life-changing book.
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I simply could not put it down.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Ten Thousand Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan (Hardcover)
I found the narrative of Ms Kims story easy to read and impossible to put down. The love between mother and daughterhas rarely been written so well. When reading the passages of the ritual of sharing a meal with her birth mother and later when the author shared a meal with her own daughter I could not help contrast it with my own childrens rushed McDonald meals infront of a television. I found the authors survival an uplifting story well worth a readers time and money.
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A TRULY TOUCHING TRUE STORY,
By Yumi (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ten Thousand Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan (Hardcover)
This incredible journey of not just the protagonist, but also the responder (i.e. myself) is thought-provoking and just simply astounding. I was stunned with the incredible captivating style Elizabeth Kim has utilised.I recommend every person to read this memoir. It is like no other book I have every read and I finished it within hours, only stopping to eat my meals! Even then, all that lurked in my mind was the contents of the book and it was so poignantly moving that I was engrossed with the tragedy of her life. I can't believe she was tormented one year after another for the most crucial part of her life in socialisation (i.e. her entire childhood and teenage years). It is easy to understand her, to sympathise with her and to give her the love she yearns for as an outsider. I can not stress how inspirational this will be to all who read it. Even I who finds it difficult to concentrate on many texts flowed through the emotions of Kim's story and felt as thoguh I should embrace life and not take my own blessings for granted. I am a Korean who lives in Australia and had little knowledge of the Korean war orphans. In great clarity, I can now imagine precisely the context of the time and experience. This story has excellent potential to become a box office smash hit if it was retold in the form of a film.
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