{"product_id":"9781635425819","title":"Simple Heart: A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1635425816\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"o7zfwy-obhk0i-126te-5qyecp\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn this moving exploration of dual identities reminiscent of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePast Lives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a writer’s pregnancy raises questions about her own childhood abandonment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNana, a Korean-born playwright, was adopted as a child and raised in France by her adoptive parents. Pregnant with the child of her ex-boyfriend, Nana receives a request from a Korean filmmaker who wishes to make a documentary about her life. Following a sudden compulsion to learn more about her roots, she heads to Seoul as she prepares to bring a new life into the world. There, through unexpected encounters, the dark threads of her memory gradually begin to unravel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSimple Heart\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edelves into profound questions about identity and belonging, with a focus on family connections and motherhood that recalls Kyung-Sook Shin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePlease Look After Mom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It also shines a necessary light on issues such as international adoption and the historic US military presence in Korea.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1635425816\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"rnrkv3-w0egcn-rhi1y4-5d8jk5\" data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1635425816\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"77bjnv-mvbmjr-6zm4rc-ezj9eg\" data-cel-widget=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1635425816\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"c7o4wz-7tqgl1-k3fyxb-kb94xh\" data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-12\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-csa-c-id=\"qo2jwc-8bakuw-4gp7a3-b4ewwb\" data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_11\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstancesx8KeSqepyyJPNKDXS5n9w\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_11\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-mix-claimed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-asin=\"1635425816\" data-customer-id=\"A2FP2CVBSXU6UP\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-session-id=\"136-2851973-6029032\" data-logged-in=\"true\" class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51883573772519,"sku":"Fiction: South Korea","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/8194KOkElwL._SL1500.jpg?v=1773861939","url":"https:\/\/jfbooks.org\/products\/9781635425819","provider":"JF Books | 季風書園","version":"1.0","type":"link"}