Behind Five Willows

Behind Five Willows

Author: June Hur Listening Length: 8h 35m
YA&Teen Read Online

From the New York Times-bestselling author of A Crane Among Wolves comes a warm and romantic homage to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set in historical Korea, about a reader and a writer who secretly fight against government book banning and find themselves irresistibly drawn together. As the dutiful second-eldest ...

Episodes

Listen Now

Now playing: Chapter 12

0:00 / 09:36

This episode is locked. VIP membership is required.

Current Episode

Chapter 12

“Eonni?” Haewon called out, clutching the veil she’d discovered along the forest path. It was her sister’s; she was certain of it. Jade had embroidered a small plum blossom onto hers, as she had a magpie onto Haewon’s. “Eonni!”

In the mad rush of patrons escaping the bookstore, Haewon had yelled out to Jade their plan when she’d finally found her sister.

They would meet by the large rock they always passed on the way home if they were separated.

And sure enough, she’d lost sight of her sister almost immediately in the flood of people spilling into the overcrowded marketplace.