The Hundred Choices Department Store
Regal House Publishing · Print & ebook · March 25, 2022
A Historical Fiction pick for readers exploring The Hundred Choices Department Store.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in fiction about Korea under Japanese occupation and the Korean War
- Themes
- Japanese occupation of Korea, Wartime displacement, Survival
- Genres
- Historical Asia, Wars & Military History, Immigration & Moving
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It’s 1944. The Pangs own The Hundred Choices Department Store, a thriving business in northern Korea that caters to wealthy Japanese. Thirteen-year-old Miyook Pang has spent two years serving in the war effort on behalf of Japan during the Japanese Occupation of her country. Miyook endures exhaustion and illness, but only when she is sent to work in the dreaded dye factory – a place deemed Hell’s Chamber by her older brother, Hoon - does she experience spiritual death.
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It is here where she meets Song-ho, an orphaned boy, and unbeknownst to her, the brief encounter will prove fateful. When Japan loses the war, Russian soldiers capture her beloved hometown and The Hundred Choices Department Store, leaving the city in ruin. With the Korean War looming, Miyook must take a dangerous flight south, across the 38th parallel now guarded by the newly formed North Korean Army. Here, once again, she encounters Song-ho, an event that will change the course of her life.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in fiction about Korea under Japanese occupation and the Korean War
- Readers drawn to wartime survival and displacement
Where it sits
| Historical Asia | 85% |
|---|---|
| Immigration & Moving | 66% |
| Wars & Military History | 60% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- Historical Asia
- Authors
- Ginger Park
- Publisher
- Regal House Publishing
- Published
- March 25, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Japanese occupation of Korea · Wartime displacement · Survival
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure