All Woman and Springtime

The ways in which this book is not good are many. The prose is really overblown. There are some descriptions that truly baffled me with their excessive ornament. Rarely does the story seem authentic. The violence doesn't so much shock as seem... rote. The novel feels more like a book designed to bri......more

This was another really beautiful story about North Korea, sex traffic, and friendship. I saw a recommendation for this book and am so glad I decided to read it. It gives you some insight into North Korea which you already knew was horrible but then the young women were brought to the US and were in......more

This novel told the heartbreaking story of two young North Korean women who were sold into the sex trade – first in South Korea and then in Seattle. One of the young women was a child survivor of the North Korean gulag (her parents did not bow enough to the portrait of the Great Leader), and was com......more

Sex trafficking is a horrific and serious global human rights issue, and reading about it is not- all woman and springtime. However, this book was foremost interesting for its depiction of women in North Korea. While I cannot speak to its veracity, it was genuinely shocking and fascinating to learn......more