{"product_id":"echoes-of-the-white-giraffe-9780618809172","title":"Echoes of the White Giraffe","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sook Nyul Choi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Houghton Mifflin\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Places - Asia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* \"Wonderfully telling scenes evoke the time, the place, and--more subtly--the deep-running emotions that these people, bound by customs and besieged by troubles, were so rarely free to acknowledge.\"--Kirkus Reviews, pointer review \"Ms. Choi writes of social, political and personal hurts in a context few young Americans today have experienced. Yet she tells of more than dislocation: she tells of Sookan's personal growth, indeed her triumph.\"--New York Times \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSookan, the unforgettable heroine of Year of Impossible Goodbyes, is now fifteen years old and a refugee in Pusan, a city in a southern province of Korea. The Korean War is raging, and she once again has been separated from her father and brothers. Anxiously awaiting any news of them, Sookan imagines a time when she can return to a normal life in Seoul. In the meantime, though she often feels sad, alone, and scared, she finds solace in a forbidden friendship and from the mysterious \"shouting poet\" who offers her and her fellow refugees inspiration each morning.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45409187594391,"sku":"9780618809172","price":785.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780618809172.webp?v=1767672330","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/echoes-of-the-white-giraffe-9780618809172","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}