Waiting for appa
By: Jennifer R. Kim
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781440150388
Subjects: Women immigrants; Fiction; Korean American women
Description: Eunhae is nine years old when she tearfully bids farewell to her father who leaves their home in South Korea in search of a better life in America. Two years later when Eunhae and her mother immigrate to America they are greeted with the horrific news that her father is near death. He eventually dies and they are left alone in the world. Twenty years later, Eunhae still lives her life clinging to the memories of her father and a life denied. She goes in search of answers and uncovers far more than she ever expected.