Should I gather some pearls?

Gathering of Pearls is interesting book at least to me. It was written by Korean author Sook Nyul Choi who came to US to study in college and then immigrated to US. It talks about the story of a girl who decided to leave Korea and study in US. Her name is Sookan which is pretty similar with its author's name. I could reckon from it that this book was written based on the author herself's american life and experiences. And with it, she wanted to share what she thinks about it with her american friends or whoever interests in. According to the site that our instructor posted on her blog, this book Gathering of Pearls is the last novel in Sook Nyul Choi's trilogy of a Korean girl. I was surprised that there are two more books that are talking about earlier life of Sookan, so I thought if I have chance next time, I might try to read those books too. Even though we have done with half of this book, I can say this book was the only book that I was willing to read among the books that our class have read so far.

This book has a lot of points that I could empathize on. That is the biggest and the most important reason that made me keep reading this book. It is always interesting and it kinda makes me laugh when I see someone is doing or having exactly same as what I did or had. And while I was reading this book I felt that feeling. Sookan's experiences as an international student in american school are pretty much same as what I am experiencing now. Her fist step on this continent reminded me of the first time I came to this unfamiliar country, and her hardships and confusions especially with language and culture also reminded me of my hardships. And the fact that she was from Korea just like me reinforced those feelings. I was into this book, which I haven't felt for a long time. To be more specific with some examples, when she got a letter from her mother and her sister, I became kinda melancholy and sentimental because I started to think about the letters from my friends before and after I came to this place. I still have those in my room because those are one of the most important and precious things throughout my whole life. Also about her challenging courses, her principle was kinda similar with me so I was nodding my head while reading this book.

At the beginning of this post, I said "this book is interesting book at least to me." But I am pretty sure it will be interesting for all the international students. Once you start to read it, this book turn into an interesting book at least to them. They would be able to fully empathize on the book, connect with their experiences, and get some advices from it. Therefore I would like to recommend this book.