Te Kōrero Whakamutunga a Mina Lee
Nancy Jooyoun Kim, 2020
Ngā Pukapuka o Park Row
384 p.
ISBN-13: 9780778310174
whakarāpopototanga
He pakiwaitara tino whakakorikori, kāore i te tino rerekē, ko The Last Story of Mina Lee e whakaatu ana i ngā āhuatanga tino kino o te noho manene ki Amerika..
Kāore a Mina, te whaea o Margot Lee, e whakahoki mai ana i ana waea. He mea ngaro tēnei ki a Margot, e rua tekau mā ono tau te pakeke, tae noa ki tana haerenga ki tōna whare noho o tōna tamarikitanga i Koreatown, LA, ā, ka kitea kua mate tōna whaea.
Nā te kitenga i tēnei mea, ka keri haere a Margot i roto i ngā kōrero o mua, ka wetewete i ngā aho ngoikore kāore e kitea i hono i te oranga o tōna whaea takakau i te Pakanga Kōrea hei pani, hei manene hoki kāore i whai tuhinga, ā, kātahi ka mōhio ia ki te iti o tana mōhiotanga mō tōna whaea.
He hononga ki te rapunga a Margot o ēnei rā ko te kōrero a Mina mō tōna tau tuatahi i Los Angeles i a ia e whakatere ana i ngā kupu whakaari me ngā tūponotanga o te pūrākau o Amerika mō te hanga hou. Ahakoa he iti noa tana whiwhi oranga mā te whakakī i ngā whata i tētahi toa hokomaha Kōrea, ko te mea whakamutunga e tumanakohia ana e Mina ko te hinga ki te aroha.
Engari mā taua pūrākau aroha ka tīmata he raupapa o ngā kaupapa ka pā ki ngā tau e haere ake nei, tae noa ki te pono o ngā mea i tupu i te pō i mate ai ia.
I kōrerotia mā roto i te tirohanga piripono o te whaea me te tamāhine kua roa nei e tohe ana kia mārama tetahi ki tetahi, Te Kōrero Whakamutunga a Mina Lee He pukapuka tuatahi kaha, he pukapuka raranga ataahua hoki e tūhura ana i te tuakiri, te whānau, ngā mea ngaro, me te tikanga tūturu o te noho tahi.Mai i te kaiwhakaputa.)