false 54450 94672 0451218469 9780451218469 556 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171292541m/94672.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171292541s/94672.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94672.Beneath_a_Marble_Sky 4.00 1837 54450 3.93 2387 756 2004 2958315 0451224922 9780451224927 110 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255619790m/2958315.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255619790s/2958315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2958315.Beside_a_Burning_Sea 3.56 295 From "a master storyteller" and author of Beneath a Marble Sky comes a new novel that follows a man and a woman from separate worlds, as the barbarity of war looms in the distance.

One moment, the World War II hospital ship Benevolence was cruising through the Pacific. In the next, she was engulfed in chaos, split in two by a torpedo.

A small group of survivors makes it to the deserted shore of a nearby island, including a wounded Japanese soldier who saved a young nurse from death. Akira has spent five years engulfed in blood and horror. Now, surrounded by those he is supposed to hate, he instead finds solace in their company. Sharing the mystery and beauty of his favorite poems with the beautiful American woman he has rescued, he watches as the others confront their own passions and demons. Meanwhile, a secret held by one of the castaways may determine whether any of them will ever see their homelands again.]]> 54450 3.93 2387 756 2008 6535053 0451227859 9780451227850 42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256073737m/6535053.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256073737s/6535053.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6535053-dragon-house 4.16 70
From John Shors comes an unforgettable story of redemption set in modern-day Vietnam.

Dragon House tells the tale of Iris and Noah—two Americans who, as a way of healing their own painful pasts, open a center to house and educate Vietnamese street children. In the slums of a city that has known little but war for generations, Iris and Noah befriend children who dream of nothing more than of going to school, having a home, and being loved. Learning from the poorest of the poor, the most silent of the unheard, Iris and Noah find themselves reborn. Resounding with powerful themes of suffering, sacrifice, friendship, and love, Dragon House brings together East and West, war and peace, and celebrates the resilience of the human spirit.]]> 54450 3.93 2387 756 2009 7349310 1436174872 9781436174879 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7349310-beside-a-burning-sea 0.0 0 14.5 hours]]> 54450 3.93 2387 756 6253 3.76 293 74 2009