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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“Eonni.”

Haewon stood outside Five Willows, her back rigid as she searched the crowd. She could have sworn she’d heard a familiar voice, but how could she have amid the uproar, spectators jeering at the officers as they hauled beloved books out by the cartload?

Dashing aside a bead of sweat, she continued to hurry, examining every face under a headdress. Her fear for her missing sister and her growing disquiet over Lord Yu’s welfare solidified in her chest, a block of ice that made it difficult to breathe.

“Eonni!”