So far fro the bamboo grove

Yoko Kawashima wrote this book for her sister. It commemorates all the dangerous risks they had to take as a family to overcome the Korean War. While reading this story we learn about the historic facts but we first of all learn about this poor Korean family who was forced to leave their hometown to go to Japan. They sought refuge on the other side of the sea but found out that their family had …

…brother is going to take charge of the family just as a father would. The touching story allowed me to learn much more about the Korean War. It is not the same message as a history book where one only reads the facts, but here, I am a witness of a real story where I put myself in the victim’s position and realize that I should be very happy with the life I have.