{"product_id":"the-waiting-paperback","title":"The Waiting - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeum Suk Gendry-Kim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJanet Hong\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story begins with a mother's confession...sisters permanently separated by a border during the Korean War\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeum Suk Gendry-Kim was an adult when her mother revealed a family secret: She had been separated from her sister during the Korean War. It's not an uncommon story--the peninsula was split across the 38th parallel, dividing one country into two. As many fled violence in the north, not everyone was able to make it south. Her mother's story inspired Gendry-Kim to begin interviewing her and other Koreans separated by the war; that research fueled a deeply resonant graphic novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn't know. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. But peace didn't come. The young family of four fled south. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from her husband and son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen seventy years passed. Seventy years of waiting. Gwija is now an elderly woman and Jina can't stop thinking about the promise she made to help find her brother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExpertly translated from the Korean by the award-winning translator Janet Hong, \u003ci\u003eThe Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e is the devastating followup to Gendry-Kim's \u003ci\u003eGrass\u003c\/i\u003e, which appeared on best of the year lists from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, The Guardian, Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and more.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeum Suk Gendry-Kim\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Goheung in Jeolla Province. She has cartooned the graphic novels \u003ci\u003eGrass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa saison des pluies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJiseul\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Naked Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAlexandra Kim, a Woman of Siberia\u003c\/i\u003e; the autobiographical comic \u003ci\u003eThe Song of My Father\u003c\/i\u003e; the three-volume children's comic \u003ci\u003eCoquinette\u003c\/i\u003e; the picture books \u003ci\u003eThe Baby Hanyeo Okrang Goes to Dokdo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Day with My Grandpa\u003c\/i\u003e; and the children's book \u003ci\u003eMy Mother Kang Geumsun\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eGrass\u003c\/i\u003e (Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly, 2019) appeared on Best of the Year lists from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and received the Cartoonist Studio Prize for the Best Print Comic of the Year, the Big Other Book Award for Best Graphic Novel in 2019, the Harvey Award for Best International Book, and the Krause Essay Prize in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Waiting\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43221992931405,"sku":"9781770464575","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/5252\/5389\/files\/HKZyxL7NnJ9781770464575.webp?v=1783551199","url":"https:\/\/ishookcomics.com\/products\/the-waiting-paperback","provider":"iShook Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}