{"product_id":"9780413778413","title":"Me, Then : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eMia Kim's debut novel, ME, THEN, set in Sixties post-war Korea, is a harrowing story of Su-young's life with her aunt and her family. After a series of disastrous stays in various foster homes, the five year old Su-young, an illegitimate child, a lasting stigma in traditionalist Korea, hopes to find a stable home with her aunt. Her mother works and lives at an American army base on the outskirts of Seoul and visits Su-young at weekends. But the visits come to an abrupt end when her mother marries a US Army soldier and flies to America, leaving Su-young behind. And soon, her aunt's family's fortunes turn for the worse. Her aunt cuts off all contact between Su-young and her mother and steals all monies sent for Su-young's care and education. A few months of separation turn into seven years. Alone in a hostile environment of deprivation and abuse, Su-young spirals down. Her only refuge is her love of music. Su-young's fight for survival will hold the reader in suspense until the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shelf-Made.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52063429755208,"sku":"9780413778413","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/1260\/5000\/files\/9780413778413_0e4ad273-6ee0-404a-80ae-3a9932cb547a.jpg?v=1764082333","url":"https:\/\/shelfmadebooks.com\/products\/9780413778413","provider":"Shelf-Made.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}