Book
Shelter
Record details
- ISBN: 1250118093
- ISBN: 9781250118097
- ISBN: 1250075610 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781250075611 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1250075610 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781250075611 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1250075610 (hardback)
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Physical Description:
328 pages ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Picador, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "Kyung Cho's home is worth less money than he owes. A tenure-track professor, he and his wife, Gillian, have always lived beyond their means. Now their decisions have caught up with them, and Kyung is anxious for his family's future: all he wants is to provide the home that was denied him to their son. Not that he ever wanted for pleasing things -- his father moved the family from Korea, and made good money engineering patents for the university that now employs his son. Kyung was raised in the town's most affluent neighborhood, in the exquisite house where his parents, Jin and Mae, still live, but his childhood was far from comfortable. Jin was always swift to anger, and whenever he took a hand to Mae, she would inflict the wounds she suffered on Kyung. With the support of his parents' pastor, Kyung brought the cycle to a halt, but he cannot bear the thought of asking them for help. Yet when Jin and Mae become victims of a violent home invasion, the dynamic suddenly changes, and Kyung is compelled to take them in. As the carefully established distance between Kyung and his parents collapses, he must reckon with his childhood, even as the life that he has built begins to crumble. As Shelter veers swiftly toward its startling conclusion, Jung Yun's debut novel leads us through dark and violent territory, where, unexpectedly, the Chos discover hope. Taut and masterfully told, it as riveting as it is profound"-- |
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| Subject: | Korean Americans Fiction Families Fiction Family life Fiction |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Suspense fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
Available copies
- 18 of 18 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | F YUN J (Text) | 32544072407959 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | FIC Yun (Text) | 33160132475487 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | AF YUN (Text) | 33260000210196 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Brookfield Library | F/YUN (Text) | 34029134284891 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | FIC YUN (Text) | 34014134311704 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Derby Public Library | FIC YUN (Text) | 34047133783754 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck | FIC YUN, JUNG (Text) | 34027142231516 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | FIC YUN (Text) | 33430133158626 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | FICTION YUN (Text) | 32518137012491 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Mark Twain Library Association - Redding | FIC Yun (Text) | 33620131451649 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
