This autobiographical story tells of tenyearold sookan and her familys suffering and humiliation in korea, first under japanese rule and after the russians invade, and of a harrowing escape to south korea. Year of impossible goodbyes paperback january 1, 1993 by sook nyul choi author. Read year of impossible goodbyes by sook nyul choi available from rakuten kobo. Sook nyul chois year of impossible goodbyes is an autobiographical novel about the authors escape from north korea. Year of impossible goodbyes it is 1945, and courageous tenyearold sookan and her family must endure the cruelties of the japanese military occupying korea.
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