{"id":7575,"date":"1997-03-02T19:53:44","date_gmt":"1997-03-02T23:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7575"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:34:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:34:13","slug":"clay-walls-by-ronyoung-kim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/clay-walls-by-ronyoung-kim\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay Walls by Ronyoung Kim [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Clay-Walls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-33104\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Clay-Walls.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Walls\" width=\"450\" height=\"722\" \/><\/a>Haesu Chun, newly arrived in the U.S. from Korea with her husband, struggles to establish a home in a foreign land. Born into a wealthy family, Haesu is initially ill-prepared for the racism, humiliation, and economic hardships she must endure as an immigrant, but through tenacity and fortitude, survives personal tragedy and raises three independent children.<\/p>\n<p>One of the few literary works that deals with the early Korean American experience (from the 1920s), including the immigrant Korean\u2019s long-distance devotion and economic support for the struggling homeland trying desperately to free herself from Japanese occupation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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Born into a wealthy family, Haesu is initially ill-prepared for the racism, humiliation, and economic hardships she must endure as an immigrant, but through tenacity and fortitude, survives personal tragedy and raises three independent children.<\/p>\n<p>One of the few literary works that deals with the early Korean American experience (from the 1920s), including the immigrant Korean\u2019s long-distance devotion and economic support for the struggling homeland trying desperately to free herself from Japanese occupation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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