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Tailbone: A Novel
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A Fierce And Gorgeous Debut Novel About A Teenager Who Runs Away From Her Abusive Home To Live In A Boarding House For Single Women As A Global Financial Crash Threatens The People Of Seoul.Set In Seoul In 2008, Tailbone Follows The Story Of An Unnamed Teenage Girl Who, After Years Of Struggling With Her Alcoholic FatherS Abuse, And What She Sees As Her MotherS Cowardice, Decides To Run Away. At A Boarding House For Single Women, The Narrator Is Pulled Into The Orbit Of One Of The Other Girls Living There: An Older Girl Named Juju, Whose Beauty And Grit Offer Anchorage In The NarratorS Strange New Life.But When A Global Financial Crisis Reaches Korea, Fears Of A Wider Economic Collapse Bring The City To A Standstill. Everything The Girls Have Come To Rely On For SurvivalMainly, The Patronage Of Wealthy MenIs Put At Risk. Everyone Begins To Struggle, Especially Juju, Who Has Long Been Dependent On One Particular Benefactor, A Man Who Is All Too Aware Of His Power Over Her. As Businesses Close And Winter Sets In, The Narrator Is Forced To Reckon With Not Only Her Deepening Fear For JujuS Future, But Also Her Own Uncertain Path. Will She Stay On The Run Or Go Back Home To Her Heartbroken Mother? In A City Where Everything Rots From Greed And Desperation, What Can A Helpless Woman Like Juju Teach Her About Survival? Will Their Hope For Each Other Ignite Courage Or Destruction?A Poignant Tale About Survival, The Impact Of Colonial And Familial Violence, Class, Privilege, And Womanhood, Tailbone Is A Powerful And Thrilling Novel From A Blazing New Talent.
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