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Bonding
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family
Food
Generations
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graphic novel
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Growing Up
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Illustrations
Korea
Korean
Korean War
loss
Love
Memories
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Multicultural
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Okchundang
Relationships
Sequential Art
Stories
Storytelling
survivors
tradition
Traditions
war
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- ISBN 9781646145140
- Dimensions: 203 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 10 Apr 2025
- Publisher: Levine Querido
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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I still remember that house filled with summer...
Growing up, Jung-soon spent every moment she could at her grandparents' house. Dressing up and watching cartoons. Dyeing each other's fingernails with crushed balsam petals. Getting the whole neighborhood together to sweep their streets. Falling asleep together...just the three of them, happy.
Grandfather was Grandmother's best and only friend. On every Jesa day, during the ancestral ritual, he would gently place the okchundang candy in her mouth, a big smile spreading across her face as it melted on her tongue.
But nothing ever stays the same, and as Jung-soon got older, so did her grandparents. With breathtaking colored pencil and watercolor art, she presents an achingly beautiful graphic novel about the little joys and sharp sorrows that make up a life together as a family.
Growing up, Jung-soon spent every moment she could at her grandparents' house. Dressing up and watching cartoons. Dyeing each other's fingernails with crushed balsam petals. Getting the whole neighborhood together to sweep their streets. Falling asleep together...just the three of them, happy.
Grandfather was Grandmother's best and only friend. On every Jesa day, during the ancestral ritual, he would gently place the okchundang candy in her mouth, a big smile spreading across her face as it melted on her tongue.
But nothing ever stays the same, and as Jung-soon got older, so did her grandparents. With breathtaking colored pencil and watercolor art, she presents an achingly beautiful graphic novel about the little joys and sharp sorrows that make up a life together as a family.
Jung-soon Go loves sharing her stories through picture books, essays, novels, and cartoons. For Okchundang Candy, she won Special Prize in the 2023 Korea Picture Book Awards.
Author residence: South Korea
Aerin Park, born and raised in South Korea, believes that language is a bridge to people's stories, culture, and history. She is passionate about integrating these elements into her work—both translation and Korean language teaching. When not working, you will find Aerin sharing Korean history with her three children, making kimchi from garden veggies, and shoveling the Minnesota snow.
Translator residence: Roseville, MN
