New Memoir Follows Soviet-Korean Refugee Who Rose From Cleaning Lady to Stockbroker

In White Pearl and I, Svetlana Kim seeks to chronicle the deportation of Koreans from Sakhalin Island in 1937 by Stalin and her personal struggle to succeed as a refugee

WASHINGTON, D.C. (MMD Newswire) January 29, 2009 -- In White Pearl and I: A Memoir of a Political Refugee, Svetlana Kim tells of the 17 years it took to make her American dreams come true and how her grandmother's courage in the face of adversity inspired her.

In 1937, 480,000 Koreans from the island of Sakhalin were deported by Joseph Stalin. Believing that most people do not know this story and wanting to honor her grandmother, one of the refugees, Kim wrote a memoir about her own struggle in coming to America, White Pearl and I.

At the beginning of White Pearl and I, Kim is just 23 years old when she uses a black market ticket to get out of Leningrad, Russia and come to New York City. With only a dollar in her pocket and unable to speak English, she tirelessly pursues her dream of a successful and happy life.

Buoyed by the stories of her Soviet-Korean grandmother, Bya-ok’s (Korean for “White Pearl”) bravery in the face of Stalin’s deportation, Kim never gives up hope. She moves from cleaning houses to selling cosmetics to eventually fundraising for Hillary Clinton, rubbing elbows with some of the most prominent and respected people in America.

“This passionate saga of one woman’s journey to find freedom illuminates the deepest good in the human soul,” states Sarah Miller Caldicott, great-grandniece of Thomas Edison and co-author of Innovate Like Edison: The Five-Step System to Breakthrough Business Success. “Kim’s unlikely path takes her from Leningrad to Wall Street and beyond, reminding us that pursuing our dreams remains our most powerful path to success.”

A personal record of a tumultuous time in history, White Pearl and I is also meant to be an inspiring account of one woman’s courage and conviction.

For more information or to request a free review copy, members of the press can contact the author at white.pearls@hotmail.com. White Pearl and I is available for sale online at Amazon.com, BookSurge.com and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author
Svetlana Kim immigrated to the United States from Leningrad, Russia in 1991. She worked her way from a cleaning lady to a successful stockbroker. Today she is a motivational speaker, consultant, community leader and a 2008 Asian Academy Hall of Fame inductee. Married, Kim splits her time between Washington, D.C. and San Francisco.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Svetlana Kim
E-mail: white.pearls@hotmail.com

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