False Pretenses

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My First Impression of Picture Bride by Lee Geum-yi is that I wanted to learn more about this period of history where young Korean girls were tricked into marrying men living in Hawaii by fake photos and false promises. Willow is an interesting character, willing to travel so far away from her beloved mother and brothers in the hopes of offering them all a better life and an opportunity for Willow to be educated. There is also a feeling of sadness knowing that these young women are about to come face-to-face with the liars that brought them to a foreign country, isolated and vulnerable. My wish is that Willow perseveres and defies the odds.