The Stone Home

𝗔 𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝗼𝗳-𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿—𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗲.

In 2011, Eunju Oh opens her door to greet a stranger: a young Korean American woman holding a familiar-looking knife—a knife Eunju hasn’t seen in thirty years, and that connects her to a place she’d desperately hoped to leave behind forever.

In South Korea in the 1980s, young Eunju and her mother are homeless on the street. After being captured by the police, they’re sent to live within the walls of a state-sanctioned reformatory center that claims to rehabilitate the nation’s citizens but hides a darker, more violent reality. While Eunju and her mother form a tight-knit community with the other women in the kitchen, two teenage brothers, Sangchul and Youngchul, are compelled to labor in the workshops and make increasingly desperate decisions—and all are forced down a path of survival, the repercussions of which will echo for decades to come.

Inspired by real events, told through alternating timelines and two intimate perspectives, The Stone Home is a deeply affecting story of a mother and daughter’s love and a pair of brothers whose bond is put to an unfathomably difficult test. Capturing a shameful period of history with breathtaking restraint and tenderness, Crystal Hana Kim weaves a lyrical exploration of the legacy of violence and the complicated psychology of power, while showcasing the extraordinary acts of devotion and friendship that can arise in the darkness.

Thank you WilliamMorrow for this gifted copy.

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