Truly an enjoyable read, I read it in one sitting. Only the first and last chapter was the writer actually in the book itself as the body of the book is written fiction-like through the viewpoint of the writer's grandmother.

This book follows the writer's grandmother from her early days in Korea (North) in the early Japanese colonisation to running away withe her husband and children to China and returning to Korea (North) when the Japanese lost the war to once again running away from home, this time from communism.

A story of the realisation of self, of courage and strength. Unbelievable of what one must go through in war times yet you emerge, whilst unscathed, as one full of joy and thanks to God for the person you become.

I'm definitely getting her next book out from the library.