This Burns My Heart : A Novel (Paperback)

from MaryinHB

Soo-Ja comes from a wealthy and traditional family in post-war South Korea and has her heart set on becoming a diplomat. She applies and is accepted by the school, but her father tells her that no self respecting family would ever consent to allow a daughter to move to Seoul and disgrace her fami...

from l_manning

This Burns My Heart is the story of Soo-Ja, a woman in post-war Korea who is having to forgo the life she desires to fit in with the customs and culture of her country. After a hasty marriage, Soo-Ja is soon trapped in a life of virtual servitude to her in-laws. As her life turns out vastly diffe...

from rayneofdarkness

I can honestly say there isn't a book where the whole world just disappeared and I was so engrossed in a book that is all I could focus on. This book put me in a whole different world with such a story that just draws you in and leaves you hanging at the end of the chapter. I picked this book up ...

from JudyCroome

In a remarkable easy-to-read style, Samuel Park addresses the philosophical issue of free will and choice in his debut novel THIS BURNS MY HEART. The central character is a beautiful and intelligent Korean girl, Soo-Ja. The reader comes to know Soo-Ja through the twists and turns of a life create...

from melaniehope

I just finished this book and loved it. The story takes place in Korea in the 1960s. The main character Soo-Ja makes a decision in her early twenties that leaves her questioning, even many years later, how different her life could have been if she had acted differently. Soo-Ja is in love with one...