Behind Five Willows

Behind Five Willows

Author: June Hur Listening Length: 8h 35m
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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 ...

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Jade glowed with delight for the rest of the day, and Haewon made all efforts to keep a smile pinned to her face, to hide her distress over the most unpleasant conversation she had ever endured.

Sleep evaded her that night as she recounted all that had transpired, and at first light the next day, Haewon grabbed her veil and discreetly set out.

She traveled the usual path she took on her early-morning walks, but pressed herself farther this time until she reached a neighboring village nestled against the overlapping silhouettes of misty blue mountains.

She was perspiring, the hem of her skirt dusty, by the time she returned home to greet her parents, who had just awoken.