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Loading... Matthew, Mark, Luke and Johnby Pearl S. Buck
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Abandoned by their American GI fathers and Korean mothers, four young boys live under a bridge as a family with Matthew, the oldest, serving as the father. Sam, an American soldier invites them to the Christmas party on base, where the boys begin a new life. Sam and his wife adopt Matthew who continues to worry about those left behind. An inspiring story of self-reliance, compassion and moral courage in the face of daunting odds, this book deals with racial prejudice, abandonment and the responsibility of being a father to a family. No library descriptions found.
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The novel is about the unwanted Eurasian children of American soldiers left in Korea after the war. Parts of it are quite bleak, but the ending is uplifting.