Like so many women of our generation, Jiyoung was encouraged to follow her dreams and pursue a career that she wanted but also expected to give it all up once marriage and children come into the picture. Through this we see the hardships she endures throughout her life and everything that has led her to today. The novel plays out out a narrative her life as she explains it to her therapist during their sessions. She starts speaking in other women’s voices which not surprisingly concerned her husband so he enlist the help of a male therapist to treat her.
Kim Jiyoung quit her job that she liked to be a full time mother and wife. You add the feminist storyline and it had me. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that Kate and I have an interest in Korea and I was born in 1982. It is equal parts breathtaking, heartbreaking and infuriating.
I write this knowing that I will not able to truly express how I feel about this novel.
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