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Apr 25, 2009
Elizabeth (Alaska)
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I couldn't bring myself to give this 5 stars after just finishing Angle of Repose. But trust me, it's at the top of 4 stars. WWII stories are seldom set in the US, so at the start this is different from others in this genre. The author has told his story well and given us things to think about: family loyalty/honor, bigotry, freedom to be oneself, among them. Oh, and it's all wrapped in a nice little love story, leaving the central character at the corner of bitter and sweet.
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A wonderful story.
This book starts with an inadvertent time capsule being opened. The family belongings of Japanese-Americans stored when they were "evacuated" from Seattle's Japan Town are discovered in the basement of a long boarded-up hotel forty years later. Henry Lee, a recently widowed, Chinese-American is sure that something very important to him is among the crates and suitcases stored there.
The book takes us back and forth between the Henry's growing up during the war years and his adj ...more
This book starts with an inadvertent time capsule being opened. The family belongings of Japanese-Americans stored when they were "evacuated" from Seattle's Japan Town are discovered in the basement of a long boarded-up hotel forty years later. Henry Lee, a recently widowed, Chinese-American is sure that something very important to him is among the crates and suitcases stored there.
The book takes us back and forth between the Henry's growing up during the war years and his adj ...more
I really enjoyed this book. I have been reading a good bit of stories set in or dealing with WWII lately and this was an interesting perspective of things that happened here in the US to the Japanese that were actually Americans.
The story centers around Henry who is a Chinese-American living in Seattle during the "war years". Henry becomes friends with Keiko, a Japanese-American girl. Because of this friendship, Henry's father disowns him. The story really shows the similarities and the diffe ...more
The story centers around Henry who is a Chinese-American living in Seattle during the "war years". Henry becomes friends with Keiko, a Japanese-American girl. Because of this friendship, Henry's father disowns him. The story really shows the similarities and the diffe ...more
This is the March selection for my neighborhood bookclub. It should make for an interesting discussion because there are a lot of important themes here. In particular, I am interested in the examination of the meaning of loyalty - to family, to country, to individuals. There is a lot of sacrifice of personal happiness in this book in the name of loyalty and obedience. While the plot and characters were sometimes a little thin, the questions raised about duty and promises kept me going and have s
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This is such a poignant story of love lost and sought for. Shifting between 1986 and World War II, the story is set in Portland, Oregon's Chinese and Japan communities. It is the story of outsiders, people trapped by the look on their outsides, with no thought of the value of their inner being. The irony of the the friendship between the Chinese-American, Henry Lee, and the wise Black jazz musician who befriends him and offers advice is not the least of the book's appeal. This would be a very go
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It is a well-known fact that I am very partial to immigrant lit. The stories are usually very fascinating. This is a book about a 2nd generation Chinese boy/man Henry, who lives in Seattle at the onset of WWII. He meets a Japanese (3rd generation) girl Keiko, who, along with all the other Japanese gets sent to an internment camp. I knew a bit about the Japanese internment camps, but this book certainly provides a lot of the history about them. The story of Henry and Keiko is very sweet. I loved
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Henry is the only Chinese student at an all white school during world war II when Keiko, a Japanese girl, begins attending the school. Keiko and Henry develop a friendship that blossoms into more even though Henry's dad hates the Japanese. Henry and Keiko's relationship is tested when the Japanese are rounded up and sent to resettlement camps. A beautiful book about the lasting power of love.
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Jan 13, 2010
Natalie
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Feb 27, 2010
Celeste
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Jul 07, 2010
Potjy
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Aug 07, 2010
Shelby
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Oct 01, 2017
Charlene
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