Kay's Lucky Coin VarietyA bittersweet coming-of-age debut novel set in the Korean community in Toronto in the 1980s. This haunting coming-of-age story, told through the eyes of a rebellious young girl, vividly captures the struggles of families caught between two cultures in the 1980s. Family secrets, a lost sister, forbidden loves, domestic assaults—Mary discovers as she grows up that life is much more complicated than she had ever imagined. Her secret passion for her English teacher is filled with problems and with the arrival of a promising Korean suitor, Joon-Ho, events escalate in ways that she could never have imagined, catching the entire family in a web of deceit and violence. A unique and imaginative debut novel, Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety evocatively portrays the life of a young Korean Canadian girl who will not give up on her dreams or her family. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 15 |
Section 3 | 28 |
Section 4 | 35 |
Section 5 | 44 |
Section 6 | 71 |
Section 7 | 78 |
Section 8 | 90 |
Section 15 | 169 |
Section 16 | 181 |
Section 17 | 194 |
Section 18 | 200 |
Section 19 | 220 |
Section 20 | 225 |
Section 21 | 229 |
Section 22 | 237 |
Section 9 | 97 |
Section 10 | 112 |
Section 11 | 121 |
Section 12 | 133 |
Section 13 | 148 |
Section 14 | 157 |
Section 23 | 242 |
Section 24 | 249 |
Section 25 | 254 |
Section 26 | 260 |
Section 27 | 269 |
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