One Thousand Chestnut Trees, by Mira stout she accepts the challenge

she accepts the challenge

crushing guilt

excelling in languages and rhetoric and exhibiting a strong interest in the Protestant religion her father had established in England

A descendent of Founding Father John Jay

One Thousand Chestnut Trees, by Mira stout she accepts the challengeThe tumultuous history of Korea unfolds in Mira Stout's debut novel One Thousand Chestnut Trees, a compelling story of a young woman's search for her Korean heritage and her own sense of identity. In her journeys, she discovers a legacy left behind by the noble clan from which she is descended a temple erected by her great grandfather in defiance of centuries of invasions against Korea, and the one thousand chestnut trees that shield it from view.