The Woman in the White Kimono: (A BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick)

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The Woman in the White Kimono: (A BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick)

The Woman in the White Kimono: (A BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick)

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Each of the girls at the maternity home were brought there by tragedy, a tragedy that is only worsened at the home: How does this shared experience bind the girls together? Do you think they

In the present time, Tori Kovac is cleaning out her father's home following his death, and she finds a mysterious letter that may mean that her father had a life before he married her mother - one that evidently involved his time in Japan decades earlier. The author's debut novel, The Woman in the White Kimono is about two women, oceans and decades apart and the one secret that binds them together. Inspired by true stories, 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. Book Review: Meet Your Matcha (Common Threads #7) by Nanxi Wen @nanxiwenauthor @smartypantsromance October 16, 2023Two more women’s fiction books have been accepted for publication in 2020 and 2021 respectively and she is currently working on a new novel. This story is about the plight of the Japanese women who fell in love with gaijin (Americans) during the period right after the second world war. The homogeny of Japanese culture is deeply rooted in its respect for tradition, and this combined with patriotism fuelled by the humiliating defeat still fresh in people’s memories, Japanese women who choose to pursue a life as a partner of a Gaijin and the children as a product of their relationship are shunned from society. This is the story of such Japanese woman, Naokao, who fell in love with an American sailor named Hajime (James). I had been wanting to read this book for some time and for some unknown reason just kept putting it off. I am so glad to have finally read this beautiful story and enjoyed every minute spent with this book. Had Hajime’s deployment not been delayed, and he had returned to Naoko before the end of his service, how would the story have changed? Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage secures her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community. However, Naoko has fallen for an American sailor, 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.

Los personajes son maravillosos y están muy bien construidos, la autora hace especial hincapié en las figuras femeninas de la historia, sobretodo en lo que muchas japonesas vivieron durante la postguerra y al escarnio al que se vieron sometidas, no sólo por su familia sino por la sociedad en general. La fuerza del personaje de Naoko, es absolutamente indiscutible, me encanto su fortaleza y carácter. Naoko Nakamura’s arranged marriage to the son of a friend of her father’s is important to reinforce the status of her family in the community; however, Naoko loves another. She’s in love with a gaijin, an American sailor. 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.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. This is a real heartbreaking story. A fiction novel based on the author’s fathers own experience. He fell in love with beautiful Japanese girl while serving in the

Johns is an accomplished writer and it’s easy to see why this book is so popular. But if the reader is familiar with Japanese society, history, language and customs they’ll notice some chapters sweep over important and deeper issues. There’s also a problem with the dialogue. The Japanese characters’ speech is continuously punctuated with well-known Japanese proverbs making them appear wise and profound but most Japanese people don’t speak like this. Written with empathy, sympathy and candour. Breath taking, well paced, tense, excellent character development and a realistic ending. Top marks. It is a tough subject to read about. In all honesty, it isn’t something I had ever heard about before. It is terribly sad and to know that, though these events took place half a century ago, the impacts are still being felt today. Families torn apart.

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This is a beautiful written book, in fact almost too beautifully written: in some places it felt like a fairy story. I found the first part a bit off-putting: there is an awful lot of sitting by a bedside watching a loved one suffering, which doesn’t move the story forward and is almost slushy in its portrayal of an end-of-life scenario. The prose is vivid and expressive. The characters are multi-layered, vulnerable, and resilient. And the plot is a profoundly moving tale about life, love, familial relationships, heartbreak, loss, guilt, grief, desperation, courage, hope, and regret. Ana Johns has done an amazing job with this novel. The characters are so incredibly believable you will feel their every emotion, and you will be rooting for the love of two people to prevail and overcome the cultural traditions and taboos they face. La mujer del kimono blanco” es el debut literario de Ana Johns, y vaya que lo ha hecho por todo lo alto. A pesar de ser una novela de ficción, está basada en ciertos hechos históricos reales y en la historia de su propio padre.



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