River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candace Millard (Doubleday, May 17, 2022) Lisa Hedger, Host, Everyone Loved It But Me It’s powerful, imaginative, and horrific.”
The dystopian plot where mothers don’t have much control over how they raise their children isn’t as much sci-fi as it is the unfortunate reality many live in today. While Jessamine Chan’s book is written just as well and tackles similar themes, Chan takes the expected and pushes it just a little bit further. “Readers might be tempted to compare this to 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale.
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan (Simon & Schuster, January 4, 2022) I was a big fan of her first trilogy, Rebecca is an author who doesn’t shy away from writing about difficult themes, and I can’t wait to read her take on colonialism and academia.”
Inspired by her time as a Chinese-American graduate student at Oxford, Rebecca‘s new novel explores the complicated feelings of taking part in institutions that were built on exploitation. While at Babel, Robin is torn between pursuing his passion for language, and his complicity in silver-working’s support of Britain’s imperial expansion into China. Babel is a dark academia tale that follows the story of Robin Swift, a Chinese orphan raised in an alternate-history Britain during the height of the British Empire, who is admitted to Babel, Oxford’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation, known for its use of magical silver that unlocks the power to translate anything. Kuang’s first novel following her Poppy War trilogy, and is a huge departure from her epic tale of war and magic. I’m excited to experience a mystery unfolding in the Changdeok Palace in its original language, without having to rely on subtitles and Wikipedia articles.”īabel: Or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. The Joseon Dynasty is a fascinating era, with Crown Prince Sado’s decline being one of the most notorious stories from that period. So often, historical mysteries and court dramas are reserved for European settings. As the evidence piles up and begins to point to the Crown Prince Sado, Hyeon and Eojin must team up to unravel the palace’s dark secrets at the heart of this massacre.Īs a Korean American, it is rare for me to read English-language novels set in a dynastic Korea. Desperate to prove her mentor’s innocence, Hyeon launches her own secret investigation, crossing paths with the newest police inspector, Seo Eojin. One night, four women are murdered at the public medical office, and Hyeon’s mentor becomes the prime suspect.
Set in 1758 Joseon, The Red Palace follows 18-year-old palace nurse Hyeon, who is dedicated to her profession despite the stigma she faces as an illegitimate daughter in a staunchly patriarchal society.
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