The author's father lost his entire family during the Korean War. When he learned that it was possible to apply for citizenship, they gave it a shot. Her mother didn't want to go because she had all of her family still in Korea. "My dad is a kind of person that even today at the age of 88 ... would somehow figure out how to survive"
The author of the award-winning novels “Pachinko” and “Free Food for Millionaires,” Min Jin Lee, discusses her remarkable career and the long journey and intention behind her Korean diaspora novels.