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A new twist on the Asian immigrant experience. Here the Korean father is not a hard working grocer, but a welder who is so lacking in ambition his wife leaves him, taking their son. It is left to their daughter, Ahn Joo Cho, 8, to take on the role of housekeeper, and this is her story. A first novel.
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3 editions · 2 languages- Paperback · English · 1998St. Martin's Griffin · 156 pages · 9780312190309
- Other · English · 1997A Wyatt Book for St. Martin's Press · 156 pages · 9780312154899
- Other · Korean · 1999Arŭmdaun hwahaeSigongsa · 213 pages · 9788952700032
Fathers and daughtersKorean AmericansKorean American familiesFictionFiction, generalNew York Times reviewedKorean American womenFathers and daughters, fiction