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Chargement... The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel (édition 2019)par Ana Johns (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. (Perhaps it was the voice of one of the readers that makes me give a lower score…. ) Japan, 1957. Seventeen year old Nabokov Nakamura’s prearranged marriage to the son of her father’s business associate would secure her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another man-an American sailor, a gaijin- and to marry him would bring great shame to their entire family. When it is learned that Naoko Carrie’s the sailor’s baby, she is cast out. ( ) This book centers around the relationship between an American serviceman in Japan in the 1950s and the Japanese woman he marries against her family's wishes. When he is sent away, he is unable to return. He marries back in the US, and as he is dying, he tells his daughter about the life he had before he married her mother. Tori goes in search of the Japanese woman and possibly the sister she thinks she has. I learned so much about Japanese culture during this time period. It was close to my heart since my brother-in-law was born during this time to a Japanese mother and an American father, although he was born and raised in the US since she knew neither of them would be accepted in Japan. I didn't realize that mixed race babies were actually killed during this time period. I thoroughly enjoyed this book about a disturbing time in history and a daughter's search to understand her father. As a first novel, this one has some weaknesses. But it is an admirable effort and is a beautifully well told story. It is told in two distinct voices that move back and forth in time, and the historical setting is very well drawn. The modern day voice is the device through which the story is told, but the historical voices are better written. Definitely worth a read. If I never read another book again I am happy for this book to have been my last. I don’t know when was the last time I cried with a book. This story about 2 woman with decades apart is beautifully woven is this simple yet heartbreakingly poignant piece of writing. Set in post war Japan and modern day America and Japan, it takes you on a journey that you wouldn’t wish to end. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them. Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura's prearranged marriage to the son of her father's business associate would secure her family's status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another man-an American sailor, a gaijin-and to marry him would bring great shame upon her entire family. When it's learned Naoko carries the sailor's child, she's cast out in disgrace and forced to make unimaginable choices with consequences that will ripple across generations. America, present day. Tori Kovac, caring for her dying father, finds a letter containing a shocking revelation-one that calls into question everything she understood about him, her family and herself. Setting out to learn the truth behind the letter, Tori's journey leads her halfway around the world to a remote seaside village in Japan, where she must confront the demons of the past to pave a way for redemption. In breathtaking prose and inspired by true stories from a devastating and little-known era in Japanese and American history, The Woman in the White Kimono illuminates a searing portrait of one woman torn between her culture and her heart, and another woman on a journey to discover the true meaning of home. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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