Farewell

Fifteenyearold Myunghee and her nineyearold brother Myungho are of KoreanChinese descent Their mother left for Yeonbyeon three months ago promising to return with their father and they have heard no news from her since Every day Myunghee and Myungho go to the shipping port or airport hoping for their parents return Tired from waiting one day Myunghee meets Yongkyu a young man high from sniffing glue Beyond a tough and violent exterior Myunghee finds a young mans heartwarming innerself and she expects Yongkyu to take the place of her parents But even Yongkyu leaves her and life steadily deteriorates Hoping for help Myunghee goes to a familiar KoreanChinese woman arriving in time to find immigration officials taking the woman away They are now truly alone