![]() ![]() When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn't know. ![]() ![]() The Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. Her mother's story inspired Gendry-Kim to begin interviewing her and other Koreans separated by the war that research fueled a deeply resonant graphic novel. As many fled violence in the north, not everyone was able to make it south. It's not an uncommon story-the peninsula was split across the 38th parallel, dividing one country into two. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim was an adult when her mother revealed a family secret: She had been separated from her sister during the Korean War. The story begins with a mother's confession.sisters permanently separated by a border during the Korean War ![]()
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