If you leave me
Kim, Crystal Hana
When the communist-backed army from the north invades her home
sixteen-year-old Haemi Lee
along with her widowed mother and ailing brother
is forced to flee to a refugee camp along the coast. For a few hours each night
she escapes her family's makeshift home and tragic circumstances with her childhood friend
Kyunghwan. Focused on finishing school
Kyunghwan doesn't realize his older and wealthier cousin
Jisoo
has his sights set on the beautiful and spirited Haemi
and is determined to marry her before joining the fight. But as Haemi becomes a wife
then a mother
her decision to forsake the boy she always loved for the security of her family sets off a dramatic saga that will have profound effects for generations to come.
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