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The Spirit of the Dragon

By: William Andrews
Narrated by: Janet Song, Emily Woo Zeller
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From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes an epic novel of a star-crossed couple who must defy tradition, war, and prejudice to keep their love alive.

At the urging of a Los Angeles detective, international rights lawyer Anna Carlson assists in a murder investigation. It’s a personal request from Suk-bo Yi, a ninety-nine-year-old woman questioned in a mysterious death at a Koreatown nursing home. A stranger to Anna, Suk-bo has a tale to tell. For reasons of her own, she’s chosen Anna - only Anna - to hear it...

Suk-bo’s story begins in 1937, when the Japanese occupying Korea force her to marry one of their own, named Hisashi. In spite of their differences, they fall madly in love, pitting them against two violently opposing cultures. When Hisashi joins the Japanese Imperial Army and disappears, Suk-bo embarks on a quest through years of war, bigotry, and poverty to find him.

But Suk-bo’s unfolding history reveals more than Anna can imagine: an heirloom comb bearing an intricately carved two-headed dragon binding her to Suk-bo’s past. Soon Anna will discover her own legacy at the heart of Suk-bo’s epic love story.

©2019 William Andrews (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Fiction Historical Mystery United States Women's Fiction World Literature Fantasy Imperial Japan Dragons
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Read all 3 back to back. Great storyline. Interesting history. loved them all. A definite winning story about a comb.

Riveting

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This has been one of the best books l have ever listened to, told with sensitivity in a dual
historic settings. In the present where Anna Carlson an international rights lawyer assists in the murder investigation at a Koreatown nursing home; and the the story of a Korean woman and Japanese man who were forced to marry in 1937 when Japanese occupied Korea.
In fact they lives diverge during the invasion but...

An intriguing, historical tale

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