false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178411657m/793289.jpg 793289 3 A literary saga, spanning two generations and two cultures, Canadian and Japanese, reminiscent in writing style and appeal to the work of Isabel Allende. Suddenly finding herself motherless at the age of six, Vera is left in the care of her grandfather, who spends long periods away at sea, leaving her alone back in Vancouver. When she reaches her teens, Vera is taken by her grandfather's mistress to a small island in Japan. After years of loneliness, she finds a place where she can feel comfortable. The women of the island take her in and she learns to dive for pearls. Immersed in her surroundings, she meets a mysterious stranger, a man who is trained as a ceremonial sword polisher, who brings her into touch with the outside world. Every day, they listen to the mounting rhetoric on the radio and must live with the knowledge of the havoc that the Japanese are wreaking in China. Then the worst happens. Vera is forced to return to Canada by a father whom she has long thought is dead. World War Two breaks out. The idyll is over. But Vera never forgets her island life, the sword polisher, or her true identity. Determined to regain the passion and joy that she once knew, she must return to Japan, to the one place that she truly belonged. 779272 6 6 2005 Three Views of Crystal Water total:11|5:4|4:4|3:1|2:0|1:2| 11 41 24 3 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 26 13:14:04 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 13:18:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 12 09:55:04 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 09:55:20 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 09 17:33:11 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 17:33:44 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 10:29:44 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 10:29:44 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 21:40:24 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 21:40:24 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 04:55:35 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 04:55:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 23 13:17:09 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 13:17:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 22 19:57:50 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 19:57:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 07:09:51 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 07:09:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 14 07:27:34 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 07:27:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 15:59:17 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 07:18:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 12 17:58:14 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 17:58:14 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon May 04 10:07:08 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 10:07:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Apr 10 18:03:23 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 18:03:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 27 16:37:20 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 16:37:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 27 13:58:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 13:58:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 23 15:50:29 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 15:50:29 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sat Nov 22 08:11:41 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 08:11:41 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Sep 05 12:25:02 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 12:25:02 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Sep 05 12:24:54 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 12:24:54 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=793289