false <![CDATA[The Street of a Thousand Blossoms]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255713875m/294084.jpg 294084 12 Just remember, Yoshio said quietly to his grandsons. Every day of your lives, you must always be sure what you're fighting for. It is Tokyo in 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers are growing up with their loving grandparents, who inspire them to dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows unusual skill at the national obsession of sumo wrestling, while Kenji is fascinated by the art of creating hard-carved masks for actors in the Noh theater. Across town, a renowned sumo master, Sho Tanaka, lives with his wife and their two young daughters: the delicate, daydreaming Aki and her independent sister, Haru. Life seems full of promise as Kenji begins an informal apprenticeship with the most famous mask-maker in Japan and Hiroshi receives a coveted invitation to train with Tanaka. But then Pearl Harbor changes everything. As the ripples of war spread to both families quiet neighborhoods, all of the generations must put their dreams on hold---and then find their way in a new Japan. In an exquisitely moving story that spans almost thirty years, Gail Tsukiyama draws us irresistibly into the world of the brothers and the women who love them. It is a world of tradition and change, of heartbreaking loss and surprising hope, and of the impact of events beyond their control on ordinary, decent men and women. Above all, The Street of a Thousand Blossoms is a masterpiece about love and family from a glorious storyteller at the height of herpowers. 2103150 4 9 2007 The Street of a Thousand Blossoms total:864|5:217|4:388|3:193|2:60|1:6| 864 3342 1496 270 2 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 16:09:38 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 10:04:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 19:18:38 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 19:26:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false true Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 19:50:45 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 19:57:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 03 17:28:07 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:31:42 -0700 2009 The Street of a Thousand Blossoms. The book strives to convey love, loss, coming-of-age, the horrors of war, the rebuilding of a nation--and throw in a little instruction in Japanese culture to boot.

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The family is followed through the horrors of WWII...and slowly rebuild their lives.
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From back cover:

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