{"product_id":"behind-five-willows","title":"Behind Five Willows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"\"\u003eFrom the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"\"\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eA Crane Among Wolves \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"\"\u003ecomes a warm and romantic homage to Jane Austen set in historical Korea, about a reader and a writer who secretly fight against government book banning and find themselves irresistibly drawn together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the dutiful second daughter of a poor family, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"\"\u003eHaewon\u003c\/span\u003e is expected to marry well. Instead, amid harsh censorship and rampant book bans, she secretly works as an illegal book transcriber - dangerous work she loves, especially when copying the writings of her favourite author, the elusive Black Lotus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her older sister begins courting a wealthy young man, Haewon is dragged along as chaperone - forced to endure the company of his arrogant, insufferable best friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the only son of a noble, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"\"\u003eSeojun\u003c\/span\u003e is expected to embody wealth, status, and propriety. No one can know that he secretly writes fiction - or that the only thing keeping him going under pressure from his overbearing father are the warm, insightful letters from his transcriber, 'Magpie'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when his best friend falls for a girl far below their social rank, Seojun must join their chaperoned outings - alongside her sharp-tongued younger sister. Yet the more time Seojun and Haewon spend together, the more they realize how wrong their first impressions were . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJUNE HUR is the bestselling author of YA historical mysteries The Silence of Bones, The Forest of Stolen Girls, and The Red Palace. In addition to being nominated twice for the Edgar Awards, she’s been featured on Forbes, NPR, KBS, and the CBC. Her fourth novel A Crane Among Wolves comes out 2024. Born in South Korea and raised in Canada, she studied History and Literature at the University of Toronto and formerly worked for the Toronto Public Library. She currently lives in Toronto with her husband and two kids.\u003cspan style='color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \"Amazon Ember\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45079482532047,"sku":"9781035434398","price":27.96,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_97e4f2c6-3ac9-486b-a386-5bb0f45e1dd9.jpg?v=1779421912","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/behind-five-willows","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}