Home Away From Home

Anna Korean name Kim Myonghee 43 years after her adoption to the United States she visits a remote island in the Yellow Sea There in Deokjeok Island live Suh Jaesong and In Hyunae a couple who raised orphaned Anna as if she were their own Their house on the island has two special rooms One is a room full of records of all the children the couple sent for adoption The other is a temporary home for all adoptees who come visit Korea later in life The couple lived as foster parents for these children for 30 years since 1966 Together with a Catholic priest from the US they sent 1600 kids to the US for adoption They sent Myonghee then 14yearold and her two brothers to a family in the US in the hopes of them living in a happy household under loving parents But contrary to their wishes Myonghees life in America turns out to be a series of pain and misfortunes For the first time in 43 years Myonghee talks about her painful memories