{"product_id":"honey-in-the-wound","title":"Honey in the Wound","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lyrical and suspenseful debut novel about a mysteriously gifted Korean family confronting the brutality of the Japanese empire.A sister disappears and returns as a tiger. A mothers voice compels the truth from any tongue. A granddaughter divines secrets in others dreams.Spanning ninety years as one family is displaced across Asia, this novel follows Young-Ja, who finds herself struggling to survive after her family is killed by Japanese soldiers. The magical gift that once brought her joy - the ability to infuse her cooking with her feelings: love, peace, delight - transforms into something more powerful as her sorrow and anger seeps into her confections.When her talent is noticed by a Korean resistance fighter, shes taken to Manchuria where she becomes enmeshed in a network of spies at a teahouse favoured by Japanese officials. Haunted at every turn by the spectre of Japanese soldiers, she endures horrors and brutality at the hands of the Imperial Army.With spellbinding inter-generational sweep and atmospheric magical realism, Honey in the Wound explores the ways colonialism forces one family to transform, and ultimately survive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jiyoung Han","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45963085643836,"sku":"9781786587329","price":3495.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781786587329.jpg?v=1786133224","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/honey-in-the-wound","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}