Precious Silver Chopsticks: A True Story of a Korean Noble Family - Paperback

by Mae Adams (Author)

From her childhood in a North Korean mountain village to a successful life in the United States, the years have brought Mae Adams many challenges. With the past full of ghosts, her final challenge is to share her story. Rejected by a mother who did not want a second daughter, Mae grew up on the periphery of her aristocratic Korean family. Her loving step-grandma (a commoner) took care of her, allowing her to explore the joys and perils of their rural home. Mae describes her emergence into Korean culture, from her Japanese-style education to her most prized possession: her pair of silver chopsticks. She endures her mother's abuse, almost-tragic accidents, and her father's funeral. But things would get much worse. At the end of World War II, Mae and her family flee to South Korea, while her grandma stays behind to give the family enough time to escape. Within five years the Korean War erupts, and again they spend several years as refugees before Mae came to the United States for a college education. Her memoir delves into Korean history and the Japanese occupation, following Mae until her happy ending: marriage to a US Marine colonel and a family and career of her own. Precious Silver Chopsticks is a wonderfully written memoir of a North Korean girl and her journey to America. A truly inspirational story that you will not want to miss. Scroll up and grab a copy of Precious Silver Chopsticks today.

Author Biography

Born in 1933, Mae Adams, the second daughter of an aristocratic family, spent her childhood in North Korea. Her mother had abandoned her, for she was not a son, and her step-grandmother raised Mae in a remote mountain village. She became a refugee at the end of World War II and during the Korean War and then made her way to the United States in 1961 to attend a college. Three years later, she married a US Marine colonel, whom she had met earlier in Korea, and together they began raising a family.

Mae ran her own successful business for many years until her husband suffered a stroke in 1991. She was his primary caregiver until his death thirteen years later. English is her fourth language. She now lives near her daughter's family in McCormick, South Carolina.