03375cam a2200349 4500 581097753 TxAuBib 20220716120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781455569656 1455569658 B01GZY28JA Amazon b92d0b34-d678-4f54-a411-5c3875385de1 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2763946 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Lee, Min Jin. Pachinko [Libby eBook]. Grand Central Publishing, 2017. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1373kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 653kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b>A <i>New York Times</i> Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, <i>Pachinko</i> is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>).<br /> <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A <i>USA TODAY</i> TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE <i>PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES</i> BOOK CLUB <i>NOW READ THIS</i> * FINALIST FOR THE 2018DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE<br /> Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, <i>Washington Post</i><br /> <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER * #1 <i>BOSTON GLOBE</i> BESTSELLER * <i>USA TODAY</i> BESTSELLER * <i>WALL STREET JOURNAL</i> BESTSELLER * <i>WASHINGTON POST</i> BESTSELLER</b><br /> <i>"There could only be a few winners, and a lot of losers. And yet we played on, because we had hope that we might be the lucky ones."</i><br /> In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant—and that her lover is married—she refuses to be bought. Instead, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations.<br /> Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters—strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis—survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history.<br /> <i>*Includes reading group guide*</i>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. National Book Award Finalist. Notable Books for Adults. 10 Best Books of 2017. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-14 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b92d0b34-d678-4f54-a411-5c3875385de1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b92d0b34-d678-4f54-a411-5c3875385de1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b92d0b34-d678-4f54-a411-5c3875385de1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)