Mark Atkinson
It's based on a true story. My wife used to tell after-dinner stories about her mother's life growing up in Japanese occupied Korea. People used to remark, "You should be writing this down," so I knew I had a good story. It was then a question of making my writing vivid enough to do the story justice.
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