Persimmon (The Sword of the World) (Volume 1)

Six weeks in America and your father is having "Spells". What do you do? Kee-Yong was a martial arts legend in Korea, but now she's lost in the crowds of New York. Wielding the sword keeps her steady when her father isn't - but when she finds a new teacher it ignites his rage. In Persimmon it also opens her eyes to the dangers of New York. Two sons of the city bring her good and evil, an explosive conflict that leaves her deeply marked, inside and out, and puts her in the eye of a cultural storm. Persimmon is the first novel in the Sword of the World series. This powerful trilogy spans three countries and four decades to show the healing power of art, the mending of a broken family, and the suffering of a culture torn apart by war.