Tiger Pelt, Paperback

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Finalist, Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2017. Named to Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015. Independent Publisher Book Awards, Bronze Medal for Historical Fiction. NIEA Finalist for Literary Fiction, Finalist for Contemporary Novel 2017. Global Ebook Awards Gold Medal for Historical Literature, Gold Medal for Multicultural Literature 2017. Readers Favorite Annual Book Awards, Silver Medal for Fiction-Drama 2017. IAN Book of the Year Award Finalist for Literary/General Fiction 2017 Gripping, suspenseful, and unflinching, Tiger Pelt is a story of rebirth from the rubble of a savage time and a ravaged place: Korea during the Japanese occupation followed by the Korean War. A farm boy embarks on a quest that propels him on an odyssey spanning the Korean peninsula and crossing the Pacific. In a parallel life, a beautiful young girl is kidnapped and forced to work as a comfort woman for the Japanese military. During a raging monsoon, the two souls will collide in a near-death encounter that will alter the course of their lives.