Yoojin Grace Wuertz (born ) is an American novelist who was reviewed for her book Everything Belongs To Us. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Wuertz moved to the United States with her family at the age of six and was raised in the North Jersey communities of Paramus and Ridgefield bltadwin.rul: VIAF, 1, WorldCat. · The title of Yoojin Grace Wuertz’s debut novel, “Everything Belongs to Us,” is a statement of defiant optimism. It echoes a line from early in the novel, when an officer admonishes a Author: Christine Hyung-Oak Lee. “Historic in scope yet eerily contemporary, Everything Belongs to Us is a stirring debut that immerses readers in a society where some quietly hope for change and others must demand it. In Yoojin Grace Wuertz’s capable hands, characters come alive with desire for a different kind of life, and heartbreak is the price of longing.” —Jung Yun, author of Shelter/5(74).
Yoojin Grace Wuertz's fierce and unforgettable characters embody every contradiction as they do everything they can to ensure their own, and their nation's, survival. In Everything Belongs to Us, Wuertz has given us a Middlemarch for modern South Korea. Everything Belongs to Us by Yoojin Grace Wuertz. Two young women of vastly different means each struggle to find her own way during the darkest hours of South Korea's "economic miracle" in a striking debut novel for readers of Anthony Marra and Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie. Yoojin Grace Wuertz's fierce and unforgettable characters embody every contradiction as they do everything they can to ensure their own, and their nation's, survival. In Everything Belongs to Us, Wuertz has given us a Middlemarch for modern South Korea. She's woven the whole social tapestry, and made us care about every last thread.".
“Historic in scope yet eerily contemporary, Everything Belongs to Us is a stirring debut that immerses readers in a society where some quietly hope for change and others must demand it. In Yoojin Grace Wuertz’s capable hands, characters come alive with desire for a different kind of life, and heartbreak is the price of longing.” —Jung Yun, author of Shelter. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Wuertz, Yoojin Grace. Everything Belongs To Us. Random House, The novel opens on a strike by the female laborers of the Mun-A textile factory, an action looked down upon by the South Korean government in The title of Yoojin Grace Wuertz’s debut novel, “Everything Belongs to Us,” is a statement of defiant optimism. It echoes a line from early in the novel, when an officer admonishes a.
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