Oil Paper Family

On a cold morning in 1950, Young Bok stood on a deserted road with a pouch of paper money warm against his chest, watching his entire family make their way north...back towards their hometown. Would he ever see them again? Was he making the right choice in leaving his family to flee south? Oil Paper Family , Melanie Kim's debut book, tells the true story of Young Bok, the author's grandfather. It is the gripping narrative of a farm boy who lived through decades of oppressive rule in North Korea