In a small North Korean village, a young girl struggles to survive. Catastrophic floods have ravaged her countryside. But it is her father’s faith, not the famine of North Hamyong Province, that most threatens Chung-Cha’s well-being. Is Chung-Cha’s father right to be such a vocal believer? Or is he a fool to bring danger on the head of his only daughter? Chung-Cha is only a girl of twelve and is too young to answer such questions. Yet, she is not too young to face a life of imprisonment and forced labor. Her crime? Being the daughter of a political dissident.
The Beloved Daughter follows Chung-Cha into one of the most notorious prison camps the contemporary free world has known. Will Chung-Cha survive the horrors of Camp 22? And if she does survive, will her faith remain intact?
Not of faith? Read it anyway. You won’t regret it. I received my copy of “The Beloved Daughter” yesterday and…. read the entire thing yesterday. I really enjoyed the story line as well as how the different characters were connected. It is easy to forget this story is set in modern days and not centuries ago with all the horrific things that happened to the characters (if you haven’t read this story – I promise it isn’t all bad – there are great messages of love and perseverance). It certainly opens one’s eyes to what goes on in our…
Beautiful and Tragic This book really hits home for me. Because I’m half Korean, (My mother was born near Seoul) I had a certain level of intimacy with the characters, so that even the names sounded familiar to me. And this made me especially sensitive to the abuse and torture of the characters and their horrid situations.Â
Fiction? Really? From time to time, I come across a work of fiction that is so obviously written by someone who has experience with the subject matter as to make it come alive. The Beloved Daughter is one such book.Â