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Sep 14, 2017
A reimagining of Jane Eyre set in the Korean community in Queens. Jane Re, half-Korean orphan lives with her uncle and due to the recession works in the family grocery store. She accepts a nanny position with an academic couple in gentrifying Brooklyn to get away from her nagging uncle and the disapproval of the community due to her mixed ancestry. Love, drama, and finding ones true self as well as Korean culture feature prominently in the story as it moves from Queens to Brooklyn to Korea and back. An enjoyable if sometimes uneven read.