On Min Jin Lee's PACHINKO
A BOOK REVIEW (Spoiler- Free) By Lenie Morota This book follows the story of a Korean family spanning 4 generations. Hoonie, a crippled Korean fisherman, had a daughter named Sunja, who became pregnant at an early age by a wealthy fish dealer named Koh Hansu from Osaka. However, Koh Hansu later revealed that he had a family in Japan but was still willing to keep and support Sunja and the child. She refused the offer and cut ties with him. Sunja conceived the child with the help of Baek Isak, a Christian minister who stayed in Sunja’s family boarding house. Baek Isak willingly married Sunja and promised to be a father to Noa, the child. The couple was able to make it to Osaka and was accommodated by Baek Isak’s brother and his wife. And from there, began the life-changing journey of Sunja and the other characters in a land where they were left with no choice but to make it through each day. It’s a story of survival, resilience, finding a home in a foreign land where discrimination
