A young adult novel about four daughters in the mid--to-late 1960s in Korea. It is primarily the second daughter’s, Junehee, story of family life and her parents’ complex relationship seen through her eyes. An orphaned poor boy comes to live with them and his presence exposes the father’s infidelity, a secret of lost twin premature boys, and the mother’s longing for a son and for happiness with her circumstance with philandering husband and domineering mother-in-law who lives with them. Well written, clean sharp details on daily home life in postwar Korea, including lots of food references and cultural nuances. Family order, confucian structure well drawn in scenes and in expressiveness. YA National Book Award Finalist.
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