Details:
- Date: November 18, 2025
- Time: 6pm
- Ticket: FREE
- Reservation: Required
- Book: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Description:
What we’re reading
Pachinko is a sweeping, multigenerational story that begins in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the beloved daughter of a fisherman. After she discovers she is pregnant by a married man, she chooses a different path and marries a gentle minister headed to Japan. That decision sets off a family saga that spans continents, decades, and identities. It is a novel about love, sacrifice, ambition, loyalty, and what survival looks like under history’s weight.
Award note
Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Historical Fiction (2017).
Why this pick works for book club
• Big themes with room for debate: family duty, identity, diaspora, class, discrimination, and belonging
• Vivid settings that shift over time: ports and markets, university halls, pachinko parlors
• Memorable characters whose choices echo across generations
• A page turner with depth, perfect for a lively conversation
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