{"product_id":"our-happy-time-isbn-9781476730455","title":"Our Happy Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith over a million copies sold in South Korea, this is a gripping and passionate death row love story for fans of \u003ci\u003ePlease Look After Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, vividly told by a major Korean talent.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYu-Jung – beautiful, wealthy, bright – is lying in her hospital bed, recovering from her third suicide attempt, when she receives a visit that will change her life. Her no-nonsense aunt, a nun, appears by her side, and suggests Yu-Jung might accompany her on a charitable visit to death row. At her lowest ebb, Yu-Jung is resistant. But something compels her to go to the prison. There she meets Yun-Soo, a convicted murderer who will soon be put to death. And, though repulsed by his crimes, something about the depth of his suffering strikes a chord in her. Shaken by their encounter, she returns to visit him the next week. And the next... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough their weekly, hour-long meetings Yu-Jung and Yun-Soo slowly reveal to each other the dark secrets of their pasts, the hidden traumas that have shaped their lives. In doing so they form a deep, unbreakable bond, helping one another to overcome their demons. But Yun-Soo’s hands are always in cuffs, the prison-officers are always in the back­ground, and they can never lose sight of the fact that their happy time together is tragically brief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoetic and vividly told, \u003ci\u003eOur Happy Time \u003c\/i\u003eis a passionate and heart-breaking love story. It is also an important, hard-hitting and compassionate fable for our times – a story about crime, punishment, and forgiveness from a major Korean talent.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52126863327461,"sku":"NP9781476730455","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/our-happy-time-isbn-9781476730455","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}