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Ruth, a blocked novelist, is walking along the beach of a Canadian Gulf Island when she spots a package, wrapped in plastic and encrusted in barnacles. Taking it home, she opens it and finds: a Hello Kitty Lunch box containing a diary and a bundle of letters written in Japanese, a smaller diary written in French and a WWII era watch. She begins to read the diary and thus we are introduced to remarkable voice of Nao, a teenage girl who plans, in this diary, to tell the story of her great-grandmot
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I thoroughly enjoyed this - it's quite unconventional, and gives some great insights into life in Japan and the cultural differences between Japanese and Americans. Although now I come to think of it, a key question was never answered...hmm.
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Meh. 2.5. Didn't finish it exactly. Got really close. Skimmed the last 40 ish pages and also skimmed about 40 mid book.
I'm with those who didn't like the Ruth sections, the dreams, or the last 1/3 of the book.
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I'm with those who didn't like the Ruth sections, the dreams, or the last 1/3 of the book.
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