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This book was just an amazing read, that taught me more about the practice of "picture brides" a...
Willow is among the group of Korean women who leave their homeland as picture brides to start new...
I really wanted to get this book on netgalley, ended up being lucky and winning a print copy on...
I love the setting and the story. I really like the cover and that is what first attracted me to...
This book follows three young friends, our main character Willow and her two close friends Hongju...
In 1918, Willow, Hongju, and Songhwa travel from their home in Korea to Hawaii as picture brides...
Three Korean girls leave their homeland in 1918 on a voyage halfway around the world to Hawaii,...
"The Picture Bride" is an elegant piece of historical fiction, telling the story of Korean...
The Picture Bride started out good and very interesting. I enjoyed reading about the picture...
This book had an interesting premise. It was not a sub-genre of historical fiction that I have...
I liked this book. When I first started reading it, it was very much what I was expecting. I...
It’s 1918 and 18-year-old Willow leaves her home in Korea for the foreign land of Hawaii to...
I didn’t like this book too much. I thought the character will be more fierce. There were too...
This book is a quick read about an interesting time in history. Starting in 1918 this is the...
I enjoyed reading this story, it was captivating i could not put it down. Each page had my...
I received a copy of this book in exchange for my review. It’s a historical fiction book based...
I love learning about and reading about different cultures, so this was a great book for me. I...
I have missed on getting this book so I’m still searching for it! I just feel that is such a...
I am familiar with mail-order brides but have never heard of “picture brides.” That is what...
I thoroughly enjoyed Pachinko before, and this novel with different plot and content, The Picture...
The picture bride was a insightful narrative based off a historical period and culture that I...
This book definitely provided historical information that I was previously unaware of. I had no...
After leaving Korea in 1918 to become a "Picture Bride" in Hawaii, Willow faces an uncertain...
This book is another entry in my "around the world" reading collection. It was first published in...
This novel started off strong - I was immediately invested in Willow's life and her journey to...
Willow is offered the chance to go to Hawaii to become a picture bride where she believes she...
In 1918, after learning about what a "picture bride" is and the wonderful life she will have with...
I enjoyed the historical fiction aspect of this. The experience of picture brides--what led them...
The Picture Bride by Lee Geum-yi is a book that definitely lives up to it's beautiful yet...
From the moment I picked this book up, I did not want to put it down. It did not take long for...
1918 Korea, Willow is promised a bridegroom, a chance at a new life in Hawaii, and a chance to go...
Lee Geum-yi's The Picture Bride is a beautifully written, insightful experience that offers an...
Willow, a young Korean girl, leaves home for Hawaii to marry a man she has only seen in a...
This is a wonderfully written historical fiction rich in history and storytelling. I have heard...
Willow took a chance on a husband she would never met. She became on the Picture Brides, brought...
Relying on a go-between, Willow, Hongju, and Songwha undertake a long and arduous journey from...
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