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The Woman in the White Kimono
| Title | The Woman in the White Kimono |
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| Date | 2025-01-06 14:15:54 |
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| Link | Listen Read |
Desciption
Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them.Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage to the son of her father’s business associate would secure her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another man—an American sailor, a gaijin—and to marry him would bring great shame upon her entire family. When it’s learned Naoko carries the sailor’s child, she’s cast out in disgrace and forced to make unimaginable choices with consequences that will ripple across generations.America, present day. Tori Kovač, caring for her dying father, finds a letter containing a shocking revelation—one that calls into question everything she understood about him, her family and herself. Setting out to learn the truth behind the letter, Tori’s journey leads her halfway around the world to a remote seaside village in Japan, where she must confront the demons of the past to pave a way for redemption.In breathtaking prose and inspired by true stories from a devastating and little-known era in Japanese and American history, The Woman in the White Kimono illuminates a searing portrait of one woman torn between her culture and her heart, and another woman on a journey to discover the true meaning of home.
Review
What have I just read! Oh boy, I am in shock.I loved this so much!When asked by the publishers if I’d like to consider reading this, I read the blurb.I’ve been reading a lot of thrillers and after reading the blurb on this book, my thoughts were, oh, set in Japan about an arranged marriage, seems pretty simple, obviously she didn’t want to marry her suitor.Was I wrong!Well....I was right but not in the full sense of this.It’s not what I thought, it’s not “just” a love story it’s so very much more than this.There’s a side by side story running parallel too which comes together in one huge emotional BANG I wouldn’t have guessed it if I tried in a month of Sunday’s. It’s sad, it’s emotional, it’s uplifting and my word.....when I got to the end I laid my kindle down and couldn’t help appreciating the superb writing. The insight to The culture and beliefs.The love between a Mother and daughter.Friendship and learning to trust.Hardship and adversity.Being strong, and I don’t mean just being brave.Loss.Love.Acceptance.This story will stay with me forever.It’s been Women in translation month. This is near right?! It’s at least based in another country.Oh.....I have to tell you this.When I got to the end and reading the authors thoughts and where she had taken her information from I was shocked! This is based on fact. It’s fiction but it happened.If you read it, you will understand what I mean.I was gobsmacked at the facts, I was born in 1958.These events are based in the 50’s. An absolutely amazing and informative read.
