![]() This is played out through race, gender, language, education levels, age, and so much more. When it comes to power dynamics Kim does a fantastic job of keeping the reader in a suspended state, constantly trying to figure out who is on top. I think that can be felt in the reading of the exchanges in the courtroom. When Kim was interviewed on The Short Stacks, she mentioned how when writing these scenes she felt an ease of writing that she didn’t always feel in other sections. ![]() They move with dexterity and never feel slow and clunky, in fact, I wanted more trial scenes, and I wanted them to last longer. The best scenes in this book are the ones in the courtroom. ![]() We enter the book on day one of the trial, and we’re tasked with sorting through the stories and emotions to figure out who set the fire, and why.Īngie Kim was once a trial lawyer and it shows. ![]() ![]() The story a fire in a Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) chamber, which is owned by a Korean immigrant family in a mostly White area, kills two people. In her debut novel, Miracle Creek, Angie Kim tells a story that is complex and layered, the way life tends to be. ![]()
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