Minbak - Ela Lee

Category: Historical Fiction
Language: English
Keywords: Displacement

Written by Ela Lee
Read by Ela Lee
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Brought to you by Penguin.

‘Deeply moving and graceful, it shines light on a secret slice of Korea’s history, gradually unveiling the secrets that bind – and divide – three generations’ Silvia Park

A sweeping story of three generations of women who cross continents and decades to find truth, forgiveness and compassion.

Incheon, 1985. A nameless baby is born in a minbak in South Korea and vanishes nine days later.

London, 2008. When tragedy strikes, Hana faces ruin. She is forced to move her family – her teenage daughter Ada and ailing mother Youngja – into a single room with her, converting the rest of their home into a minbak, in a painful echo of her past life.

In the confined space of their shared room, there is nowhere to hide. As the past collides with the present, all three women are forced to face not only their family’s dark history, but that of an entire country.

Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
Release date: 03-05-26