March Book Club with Ela Lee: Censorship, Han (한) and South Korea's Deregulated Adoption Industry

For our March Book Club episode Hannah spoke to Ela Lee about her second novel Minbak. In this episode they discuss the parts of South Korean history Ela wanted to explore for this novel, the research process, how 150,000 words were deleted prior to writing this book, mothers and daughters and so much more. For further reading and sources, head to the Afterword of Minbak where Ela has kindly provided the books and sources she used to write this novel. 
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Books & other mentions in this episode: 
The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
Human Acts by Han Kang
Painkiller (Netflix)
Dopesick (BBC Iplayer)
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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