Sumin was a married woman. After her husband beat their daughter to death and went to prison, she remarried in another village. Her mother-in-law was tyrannical, and Sumin suffered endless torment. The backbreaking labor never stopped, and every day she endured baseless scolding and accusations. She was living in utter misery. A little over a year later, after her daughter was born, her second husband wanted to help support the family and give Sumin a chance to catch her breath. With help from people in their village, she packed her bags and went to work at a construction site. But after four years away, she had received no word from him. Her in-laws found her another husband in a neighboring village and married her off to him. To see her child, Sumin was subjected to insults and abuse from both families of in-laws...
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is coincidental. Do not imitate.
