

“The translated version of Chesil’s debut novel, which was originally published in Japanese, draws from her own childhood. Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2022Ī Kirkus Reviews Anticipated YA Book of 2022 Praise for The Color of the Sky is the Shape of the HeartĪ Ms. Inspired by her own childhood, author Chesil creates a portrait of a girl who has been fighting alone against barriers of prejudice, nationality, and injustice all her life-all while searching for a place to belong. In witty and brutally honest vignettes, and interspersed with old letters from her expatriated family in North Korea, Ginny recounts her adolescence growing up Zainichi, an ethnic Korean born in Japan, and the incident that forced her to leave years prior. Ginny sets off on the road in search of an answer, with only her journal as a confidante.

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