{"product_id":"shokos-smile-stories","title":"Shoko's Smile: Stories","description":"261 pp. In crisp, unembellished prose, Eun-young Choi paints intimate portraits of the lives of young women in South Korea, balancing the personal with the political. In the title story, a fraught friendship between an exchange student and her host sister follows them from adolescence to adulthood. In \"A Song from Afar,\" a young woman grapples with the death of her lover, traveling to Russia to search for information about the deceased. In \"Secret,\" the parents of a teacher killed in the Sewol ferry sinking hide the news of her death from her grandmother. In the tradition of Sally Rooney, Banana Yoshimoto, and Marilynne Robinson--writers from different cultures who all take an unvarnished look at human relationships and the female experience--Choi Eunyoung is a writer to watch.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40765886824518,"sku":"2338567","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2338567.jpg?v=1698442215","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/shokos-smile-stories","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}