Description
| Product ID: | 9781898823186 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Magnolia |
| Subtitle: | A Novel |
| Authors: | Author: Agnita Tennant |
| Page Count: | 358 |
| Subjects: | Historical romance, Historical romance, Korea |
| Description: | South Korea 1957. Sukey, a promising graduate, falls in love with Kwon, who confesses that he has been a North Korean spy. It is four years since the Korean War ended in a cease-fire. Fighting is suspended. Hostility and enmity towards the North the social norm. Anti-spy campaigns, street and hotel searches, arrests of any suspect are the norm. South Korea 1957. Sukey, an intelligent graduate with much promise, falls in love with a man, Kwon, who confesses to her that he has been a North Korean spy. It is four years since the Korean War ended in a cease-fire (having started on 25 June 1950). Even though fighting is suspended, hostility and enmity towards the North is the social norm. With anti-spy campaigns, street and hotel searches, and arrests of any suspect, citizens are urged to be vigilant and to report on any suspicious goings-on. When Sukey takes on Kwon as her lover, she has little idea of what it will be like to keep an ex-spy hidden away from society, her family and friends. Her world changes overnight, and within a few months she is reduced to a nervous wreck… |
| Imprint Name: | Renaissance Books |
| Publisher Name: | Global Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-07-01 |