When you were growing up, your dad ran a newspaper stand in New York City. He and his mom then bought a jewelry store where they worked six days a week. As an introverted person, "I can perform a kind of toughness when I need to" You have been held up at gunpoint by muggers while working there.
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.