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Paintings for Married Women
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By Do Je-hae
Kim Jin-hee; Munhakdongne Publishing: 272 pp., 13,800 won
There is a perverse Korean saying that a married woman is no longer a woman. The author of this book hates that saying with passion.
In her collection of illustrations and essays, Kim makes a warm and sophisticated tribute to devoted mothers and self-giving wives.
She draws from her own experience as a working mom and the struggle to maintain a work-life balance in a society that provides little freedom for it.
Kim has a gift for describing the meaning of little moments, such as the time during her post natal period when she developed a new passion for art after looking at postcards she bought for a friend when she visited the National Portrait Gallery in London.
―Baek Byung-yeul