' s ▁birth . ▁ ▁Book ▁II ▁begins ▁with ▁Ba ek ▁Is ak ' s ▁in car cer ation ▁and ▁ends ▁with ▁Sun ja ' s ▁search ▁of ▁Koh ▁Hans u . ▁ ▁Book ▁III ▁begins ▁with ▁No a ' s ▁new ▁beg inn ings ▁in ▁Nag ano ▁and ▁ends ▁with ▁Sun ja ' s ▁ref lections ▁upon ▁everything ▁that ▁has ▁happened ▁to ▁her . ▁ ▁Plot ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 3 , ▁in ▁the ▁little ▁island ▁fish ing ▁village ▁of ▁Ye ong do , ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁fer ry ▁ride ▁from ▁Bus an , ▁an ▁ag ing ▁fish erman ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁take ▁in ▁lod gers ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁little ▁more ▁money . ▁They ▁have ▁three ▁sons , ▁but ▁only ▁one , ▁H oon ie , ▁with ▁a ▁c left ▁lip ▁and ▁tw isted ▁foot , ▁surv ives ▁to ▁ad ul th ood . ▁Because ▁of ▁his ▁de form ities , ▁H oon ie ▁is ▁considered ▁in el ig ible ▁for ▁marriage . ▁When ▁he ▁is ▁ 2 7 , ▁Japan ▁an ne xes ▁Korea ▁and ▁many ▁families ▁are ▁left ▁dest itute ▁and ▁lack ing ▁food . ▁Due ▁to ▁their ▁pr udent ▁hab its , ▁H oon ie ' s ▁family ' s ▁situation ▁is ▁compar atively ▁more ▁stable , ▁and ▁a ▁match maker ▁arr anges ▁a ▁marriage ▁between ▁H oon ie ▁and ▁Yang jin , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁a ▁poor ▁far mer ▁who ▁had ▁lost ▁everything ▁in ▁the ▁colon ized ▁land . ▁H oon ie ▁and ▁Yang jin ▁eventually ▁take