Download or read book Ten Thousand Sorrows written by Elizabeth Kim and published by Doubleday UK. This book was released on 2000 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shocking and beautifully written Korean woman's memoir, from abused and ostracised chilhood to cathartic return to Korea as an adult. Elizabeth Kim was the illegitmate daughter of a Korean peasant and an American GI. The mixing of races was taboo in Korea, which made her and her mother ostracised from her mother's family and village.