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    <body><![CDATA[Author: Jeff Talarigo<br/>Title: The Pearl Diver<br/>Genre: Historical fiction<br/>Publication Info: DoubleDay. New York. 2004.<br/>Recommended Age: 14 and up<br/><br/>Plot Summary: A 19-year-old Japanese girl who dives for pearls to help her family with the cost of living is diagnosed with le...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18200136">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is now one of my favorite books ever - what a stunning story!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the story of a 19-year old girl.  She is a pearl diver in Japan.  She develops leprosy and is cast out from her family, her job, and her future to an island with other lepers.  <br/><br/>I learned a great deal about leprosy that I did not know.  This book also made me think about how fear ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23673264">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story is of a young woman, nineteen years of age, who is a pearl diver. Even this aspect of the story I found fascinating; the author describes very well the lifestyle of a pearl diver in the days when it was still done without special equipement. Even in the 40's, which is when this book begins...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43930017">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[People like to blame misfortune on its victims. When a sore on a young pearl diver’s arm is diagnosed as leprosy, she is chased down, declared dead, and confined to a small island populated by thousands of other patients. She stays there the rest of her life.<br/><br/>Miss Fuji, the pearl diver,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43746787">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of a girl who spends her life on an island in Japan where she's been quarantined because she has leprosy.  <br/><br/>The unfairness of the situation is what struck me the most.  Throughout the telling, there are snippets of information about the health administration's response to change...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77995038">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I normally don't read historical fiction.  I loved the cover of The Pearl Diver, so I decided to give it a try...I am so glad that I did!<br/>The story takes place in Japan and starts out in the year 1938.  You are introduced to the world of pearl diving...and a 19 year old girl who is just startin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71863605">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is exactly why I love libraries and librarians!  It was recommended to me by one of my local librarians.  It was a book that I would not normally pick up but, since my daughter read the Samurai's Garden for summer reading, which also deals with leprosy, I decided to pick it up.  I am so gl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68994605">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this sweet and yet sad little book.  My sister recommended it to me for an easy read.  It's a sad story about a Japanese woman's life with leprosy.  I enjoyed reading about the Japanese culture, although the way the lepers were treated (basically disowned from their families and ban...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59325783">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is a portrait of the psychological damage of a leprosy diagnosis that far outweighs the physical ravages, from the point of view of a young Japanese pearl diver who is ostracized, literally  (forced to live in a leper colony) when the first symptoms appear. Here is a precious quote from the novel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12973528">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I &quot;read&quot; the audio version and was kind of disappointed.  I thought the reader didn't really emote very well and seemed to not read with the right emotion.  I thought the way each chapter began was interesting - an artifact was listed, then the story behind the artifact followed it.  All i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41602321">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would have rated this book higher, except that I don't &quot;love&quot; books which make me cry.  This is a very moving book, beginning at the end of WWII, about a young pearl diver who develops leprosy.  She is taken to an island, where she is made to give herself a new name.  Her family is disho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73286371">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i love this book. a touching and haunting novel about the dichotomy of humanity - how respect, and -ill use a buddhist term, lovingkindness, can stem from a place of outcast, misery, sadness, cruelity, and ignorance...i highly recommend it - its a quick read. this was actually a re-read for me (i re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72034136">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The pacing of this book reminded me of other books I've read by Asian authors. &quot;Kitchen&quot; by Banana Yoshimoto comes to mind. There is something about the way these authors describe things that seems similar. Perhaps it's a language thing? A culture thing? Both books have characters that are...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6671693">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started this sooooooooo long ago - I know that I will have to go back - however, this title falls in-line with my usual fascination - history and humanity.  This time in post-World War II Japan where people dive for pearls - however, one diver becomes afflicted with leprosy - and is exiled to an l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40676675">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thoughtful and thought provoking, this book gives an even-toned yet deeply passionate look at the plight of lepers in Japan from the end of World War II through the 1980s.  In spite of its nakedly frank look at poverty, racism, bureaucracy, casual and spiteful brutality, ignorance, death, and the ra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11407429">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book about a young girl who is diagnosed with leprosy and is forced to live in a sanatorium.  Her ability to cope with this forced imprisonment and to find meaning and pleasure in her life are discovered in this thoughtful book.  A good read because it's different and approaches the m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39160605">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was such a good story. A friend at work recommended it to me to read. I'm glad I took the time to read it. The ending really got to me, I had to reread it a couple of times. Then the impact got me and I cried. Wow!! So good.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hard to imagine life in WWII Japan - a pearl diver with leprosy, removed with other such suffers to a world disconnected to the outside world.  Ignorance and fear compounding the complexity of this very interesting book]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I judged this book by it's cover.  I read the jacket and was interested in the story.  It tells about the main character as a pearl diver VERY briefly.  It is mostly about her life in a leprosarium.]]></body>
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