{"product_id":"9780008823900-american-hagwon","title":"American Hagwon","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e‘You'll be instantly dazzled’ \u003c\/strong\u003e            \u003cem\u003eSTYLIST\u003c\/em\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Breathtaking … I adored it’ \u003c\/strong\u003eELIF SHAFAK\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Masterful’ \u003c\/strong\u003eDOUGLAS STUART\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e‘Another future classic’ \u003c\/strong\u003e            \u003cem\u003eGOOD HOUSEKEEPING\u003c\/em\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003eMin Jin Lee, the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003ePachinko\u003c\/em\u003e, returns with a breathtaking epic that follows one family as they reckon with personal dreams and familial duty.\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eJohn and Helen Koh and their three children – Bo, DH and Mido – are building new lives in Korea when they find their worlds upended, first by a terrible betrayal and then by the 1997 Asian financial crisis. 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