The Korean Word For Butterfly

Description

Set against the backdrop of the 2002 World Cup and rising anti-American sentiment due to a deadly accident involving two young Korean girls and a U.S. tank, The Korean Word For Butterfly is told from three alternating points-of-view:

Billie, the young, wanna-be poet looking for adventure with her boyfriend, who soon finds herself questioning her decision to travel so far from the comforts of American life;

Moon, the ex K-pop band manager who now works at the English school, struggling to maintain his sobriety in hopes of getting his family back;

And Yun-ji , a secretary at the school whose new feelings of resentment toward Americans may lead her to do something she never would have imagined possible.

The Korean Word For Butterfly is a story about the choices we make and why we make them.

It is a story, ultimately, about the power of love and redemption.

**Warning: This book deals with the following themes and may not be suitable for those preferring a “light” read: racism, abortion, alcoholism, and child abuse**

“The characters are thoroughly engrossing—and readers will likely keep turning the pages to find out what happens in the book’s emotionally satisfying ending.”—Kirkus Reviews