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Evening hero, Marie Myung-Ok Lee

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Evening hero

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Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Dr. Yungman Kwak is in the twilight of his life. Every day for the last fifty years, he has brushed his teeth, slipped on his shoes, and headed to Horse Breath's General Hospital, where, as an obstetrician, he treats the women and babies of the small rural Minnesota town he chooses to call home. This was the life he longed for. He emigrated from Korea after the Korean War, forced to leave behind his family, ancestors, village, and all that he knew. But his life is built on a lie. And one day, a letter arrives that threatens to expose it. Yungman's life is thrown into chaos -- the hospital abruptly closes, his wife refuses to spend time with him, and his son is busy investing in a struggling health start-up. Yungman faces a choice -- to hide his secret from his family and friends or confess and potentially lose all he's worked for. He begins to question the very assumptions on which his life is built -- the so-called American dream, with the abject failure of its health care system, patients and neighbors who perpetuate racism, a town with flawed infrastructure, and a history that doesn't see him in it

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