false<![CDATA[The Yokota Officers Club: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)]]>4457306<b>“A GEM, POLISHED AND FACETED IN A WAY THAT PULLED ME INTO THE HEART OF IT WITH THE FIRST PARAGRAPH. . . . Important, touching, meaningful, and uplifting.”<br>–JEANNE RAY<br> <i>Chicago Tribune<br></i></b><br>After a year away at college, military brat Bernadette Root has come “home” to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, to spend the summer with her bizarre yet comforting clan. Ruled by a strict, regimented Air Force Major father, but grounded in their mother’s particular brand of humor, Bernie’s family was destined for military greatness during the glory days of the mid-’50s. But in Base life, where an unkempt lawn is cause for reassignment, one fateful misstep changed the Roots’ world forever. Yet the family’s silence cannot keep the wounds of the past from reemerging . . . nor can the memory fade of beloved Fumiko, the family’s former maid, whose name is now verboten. And the secrets long ago covered up in classic military style–through elimination and denial–are now forcing their way to the surface for a return engagement.28910872001The Yokota Officers Club: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)total:256|5:63|4:103|3:72|2:17|1:1|2569783304632falsefalseWed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007Mon Aug 13 05:57:18 -0700 2007Sat Aug 25 15:52:52 -0700 2007
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21falsefalseSun Apr 01 07:02:03 -0700 2007Sun Apr 01 13:35:21 -0700 2007 Unfortunately, the book was pretty much all details (the ramshackle military housing, Officer's wives, shopping for crap at the Commissary and the Base Exchange) and littl...more...]]>
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Boyfriend School? Loved it. Alamo House? I lived it: the protagonist's college experience plus working in a library spoke to my life at the time. Plus, Bird was really funny and had an affection fo...more...]]>
50falsefalseWed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003Fri Dec 26 19:02:45 -0800 2008Sat Jan 17 13:51:40 -0800 2009 When the oldest daughter, Bernie, returns from coll...more...]]>
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40falsefalseWed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006Fri Aug 31 20:58:26 -0700 2007Fri Aug 31 21:00:22 -0700 2007 Narrated By: Carine Montbertrand
Sarah Bird authors brilliant, introspective novels of bittersweet reminiscence tempered with humor. The Yokota Officers Club is a tale both courageous and touching--a journey of the heart that speak...more...]]>
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50falsefalseFri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008Wed Jul 09 09:54:16 -0700 2008Sat Aug 30 18:36:34 -0700 2008 Lots of back and forth, but well written, great descriptions...I...more...]]>
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