Foreword | ix | ||
Preface | xi | ||
Acknowledgements | xvii | ||
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I Crossed the 38th Parallel on July 25, 1948 | 1 | (10) | |
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My Grandmother's Generation | 11 | (2) | |
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Wanderlust | 13 | (4) | |
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Connected Housing, Disconnected People | 17 | (2) | |
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Market Roosters | 19 | (4) | |
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The Last Dream | 23 | (2) | |
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Free Time | 25 | (2) | |
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In Search of My Bean-Field | 27 | (6) | |
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"You'd Better Get Married Soon" | 33 | (2) | |
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What Hopes Did Your Parents Have for You? | 35 | (2) | |
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The Short Joyful Moment | 37 | (2) | |
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Oh Sad Mountain, despite the Autumn Colors | 39 | (4) | |
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My Expectations | 43 | (2) | |
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My Aunt's Herstory | 45 | (2) | |
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Letter from a Teenager | 47 | (2) | |
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A Day Seems Long and Yet Short | 49 | (2) | |
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My Aunt's Secret Story | 51 | (2) | |
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Love Afloat Bamboo Wine | 53 | (6) | |
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Love Makes Us Feel Lonely | 59 | (4) | |
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Sexy Man Syndrome | 63 | (4) | |
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Son Preference and Other Traditions | 67 | (4) | |
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Roadside Trees (1) and (2) | 71 | (2) | |
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The Power of Old Things | 73 | (2) | |
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My Grandmother | 75 | (4) | |
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Destiny In Life | 79 | (2) | |
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A Korean Style Couple | 81 | (4) | |
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Unfinished Saturdays | 85 | (4) | |
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Absence | 89 | (2) | |
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The First Spring Outing for My Whole Family | 91 | (2) | |
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My Husband and Wildflowers | 93 | (4) | |
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One Day in a Village | 97 | (4) | |
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The Traditional Korean Woman's Toughness | 101 | (2) | |
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Fragments of Life in the Wardrobe Drawer | 103 | (4) | |
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A Woman Whom I Respect the Most | 107 | (4) | |
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Eight Years of Married Life | 111 | (4) | |
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I | 115 | (2) | |
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Roots | 117 | (2) | |
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My Eldest Daughter, In-son | 119 | (2) | |
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Women in Korea | 121 | (4) | |
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My Life | 125 | (2) | |
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Letter to the Editors | 127 | (4) | |
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The Strength of Korean Women | 131 | (4) | |
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Note from a Pizza Parlor Waitress | 135 | (2) | |
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Mothers' Soul in Our Blood | 137 | (4) | |
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A Secret Is Still a Secret | 141 | (4) | |
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A Gingko Tree | 145 | (2) | |
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Is the Korean Mother Strong? | 147 | (2) | |
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The Optimum Length of Bok Choi Cabbage Kim-ch'i Is in Proportion to the Size of the Dish | 149 | (4) | |
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Treading on the Barley Field | 153 | (4) | |
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Offering Food to the Ancestors | 157 | (4) | |
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Whose Responsibility? | 161 | (2) | |
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Degree of Kinship | 163 | (4) | |
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Map of Korean Peninsula | 167 | (2) | |
Index | 169 |
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