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American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee review – a gloriously immersive follow-up to Pachinko
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A Korean family is willing to sacrifice everything for their children’s education, in the third book in Lee’s Diaspora Quartet “An excellent hagwon,” according to one of the characters in Min Jin Lee’s new novel, “is everything.” Every year, Korean parents pay hefty sums to send their children to these…
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American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee review – a gloriously immersive follow-up to Pachinko
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