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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Chapter 35

The evening drew near, and the sky had deepened into a golden blue, the clouds a drifting scatter of light.

Strolling homeward, Haewon heaved out what felt to be her hundredth sigh; the weight remained heavy in her chest. She wanted to lie down and curl up under her blanket, to cradle her aching heart.

The courier boy had returned late in the day to claim his meal, and as he’d wolfed down his brothy gukbap, he had shared his account of the delivery. Boram had turned out to be right.

“I am all astonishment.” Boram sniffed, two angry spots flushing her cheeks.