Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

The world had changed a great deal, but the little rules, contracts, and customs had not, which meant the world hadn't actually changed at all.

What a harrowing book. I don't know whether I am sadder or angrier at how unfair this world we live in is towards women, especially in certain countries like Korea. The film adaptation of this was good, but this book hits even harder. That there was a point when “checking the sex of the fetus and aborting females was common practice, as if ‘daughter' was a medical problem.” .........really sickening.