Pachinko- Min Jin Lee

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‘A club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl. The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja. When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin. But then a Christian minister offers a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife. Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country where she has no friends and no home, Sunja’s salvation is just the beginning of her story'.’

Whilst primarily about a vivid family cast of characters, this book also follows the formation of modern day North/South Korea, a World War and immigration to Japan, highlighting a group of people that history seems intent on erasing.

Perfect for readers of: Wild Swans, The God of Small Things and Any Human Heart