Sad Peninsula

Sad Peninsula follows two people whose lives are far apart in time and place but meet in South Korea. Eun-young is a former "comfort woman" who is still haunted by the rapes and violence she endured. Michael, a young Canadian who is struggling, comes to Korea to teach English as a second language, and his sense of right and wrong is pushed hard by the sleazy side of Seoul's foreign community.

Their paths cross through Jin, a fiery woman who defies the expectations placed on her because of her ethnicity and gender, and who also forces Michael to examine his own morals. The novel moves across oceans and decades, exploring where seduction ends and coercion begins, and how love can slide into harm.

The prose is carefully shaped and emotionally raw. The book focuses on a past that cannot be erased and a future that always seems just beyond reach.