July 22, 2024
SOS Book Club Pick: The Surrendered
July’s Book Club Pick, “The Surrendered,” is a powerful, evocative tale of how love and war can profoundly transform people’s lives. This…
June 4, 2024
SOS Book Club Pick: Tastes Like War
June’s Book Club Pick, “Tastes Like War,” is a memoir written by Grace Cho exploring the intersections of food, family, and the…
May 8, 2024
SOS Book Club Pick: Nuclear Family
Welcome, book lovers and South of Seoul community! This month, our book club dives into “Nuclear Family” by Joseph Han. It’s a…
April 12, 2024
SOS Book Club Pick: “Almond: A Novel”
April’s Book Club Pick, “Almond: A Novel,” is a coming of age story about Yunjae, a young boy with Alexithymia, who struggles…
March 12, 2024
SOS Book Club Pick: Greek Lessons
March’s Book Club pick is “Greek Lessons.” The story follows a young woman and her professor of Ancient Greek, both of whom…
February 8, 2024
SOS Book Club Pick: Can’t I Go Instead
Follow the lives of a mistress and servant during the Japanese occupation of Korea in “Can’t I Go Instead.” Lee Geum-yi explores…
January 5, 2024
SOS Book Club Pick: Black Flower
Discover the history of the Korean immigrants in 1905 who traveled to Mexico in hopes of a better life in “Black Flower”…
January 2, 2024
South of Seoul Book Club List for 2024
Ready to join our South of Seoul Volunteers with the picks for our book club for 2024? Let’s delve further into immigrant life…
December 9, 2023
SOS Book Club Pick: Kim JiYoung, Born 1982
A heartbreaking exploration of gender inequality and societal expectations in contemporary South Korea, “Kim JiYoung, Born 1982 gives voice to many generations…
November 9, 2023
SOS Book Club Pick: American Seoul: A Memoir
A heartbreaking journey of self-discovery, this month we explore the life of Helena Rho in “American Seoul.” Let’s dig into this captivating…