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Ehwa tries to cope with her widowed mother's finding of new love, while she, after falling in love with Duksam, a young wrestler, discovers the pain of heartbreak when Master Cho sends Duksam away and asks for her hand in marriage himself, in a Korean novel in graphic format.
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In the second installment of Kim Dong Hwa's masterful Color Trilogy, beautiful young Ehwa continues her journey towards womanhood while her widowed mother's affair with a traveling scholar intensifies. Ehwa, discovering what it is to love, finds herself keeping secrets from her mother for the first time in her life.The pastoral, ageless countryside of Korea enhances the poetry of this story of growth and love. In this intimate and moving tale, the first stirrings of sexuality are steeped in the delicate imagery of the natural world. A flower's first blossom becomes almost inseparable from a girl's first moments of adult love.Kim Dong Hwa's graceful drawings and highly poetic language create an intimate portrait of two women who grow and change but never love each other any less. The Color of Water is at once a daring tale of sexual awakening, and a tender story about a daughter and her mother.
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