From the Bookshelf of 2015 Reading Challenge [Closed]…

[close] I read this book for my book set in a place I've always wanted to go (Japan to meet my family).

I absolutely fell in love. The book really hit close to home for me. I'm half Japanese and my mom died while I was young before she had a chance to tell me all the details of her own story of coming to America. My Grandmother doesn't speak English very well but the stories she told me were almost exactly the same as in this book (including family names!). Despite this being a fiction novel I felt like I learned a lot about my own family history. I suspect many Japanese families who came over after WWII have similar stories. I HIGHLY recommend this book to EVERYBODY!