The kinship of secrets, paperback/eugenia kim

A gorgeous achievement.

--Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko From the author of The Calligraphers Daughter comes the riveting story of two sisters, one raised in the United States, the other in South Korea, and the family that bound them together even as the Korean War kept them apart.

In 1948 Najin and Calvin Cho, with their young daughter Miran, travel from South Korea to the United States in search of new opportunities.

Wary of the challenges they know will face them, Najin and Calvin make the difficult decision to leave their infant daughter, Inja, behind with their extended family; soon, they hope, they will return to her.

But then war breaks out in Korea, and there is no end in sight to the separation.

Miran grows up in prosperous American suburbia, under the shadow of the daughter left behind, as Inja grapples in her war-torn land with ties to a family she doesnt remember.

Najin and Calvin desperately seek a reunion with Inja, but are the bonds of love strong enough to reconnect their family over distance, time, and war? And as deep family secrets are revealed, will everything they long for be upended? Told through the alternating perspectives of the distanced sisters, and inspired by a true story, The Kinship of Secrets explores the cruelty of war, the power of hope, and what it means to be a sister.

About the Author EUGENIA KIMs debut novel, The Calligraphers Daughter, won the 2009 Borders Original Voices Award, was short-listed for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and was a Critics Pick by the Washington Post.

A Bennington College MFA graduate, Kim teaches at Fairfield Universitys MFA in Creative Writing program.