Recently added on shelves
Share this Author
A good, sweet story and an easy read. The writing style is simple but effective, and the historical fiction part of it was convincing. I enjoyed it a great deal. The plot turned on some rather unlikely coincidences -- well, actually it didn't. They happened, but they didn't have to for the story...
The story is interesting, but I don't like the writing. I also don't understand the decision to italicize some words and not others (eg siu beng vs kimono). The writing bordered on self-indulgent at times. It was also pretty redundant. But the story was interesting enough to keep me reading.
This book is to me, what Love in the Time of Cholera should have been! Life long love, which started at a young age, finally comes full circle later in life. The difference here is a that I actually liked Henry!!! As well, this one is told in flash backs, between 1942-1945 and 1986 rather than th...
One of the most beautiful stories I've ever read.
Like "Snow Falling on Cedars," this story helped fill in the gaps in my public school education about the shameful history of the Japanese internment. It's sad that history textbooks left that out for so long.. Sweet (if - little sappy) story with great characters and fascinating details of Seattle ...
Log in with Facebook 
