by Isabel Allende, Joanna Gleason
4.75 starsThis is an epic love story, but really it touches on lots of heavy subjects. It starts right before WWII, and ends in the current decade. Many major events between those times are highlighted: Jewish people fleeing their home countries, Japan bombing Pearl Harbor, war, Japanese American...
The Japanese lover, is a love story that span decades, but it is about so much more. It about surviving, aging, forbidden love, the depth of caring, and friendship that allows loved ones to seek their own happiness without reproach. It told in unfolding story of an elderly woman coming to terms with...
The Japanese Lover, Isabel Allende, author; narrator, Joanna Gleason Thinking only of her welfare, Alma Mendel’s parents sent her from Poland, to live with relatives in America in order to escape the wrath of the Nazis and the inevitable war fast approaching. Six year old Alma Mendel was suddenly in...
*I received a free ARC of The Japanese Lover from Simon & Schuster UK via Netgalley in exchange of an honest and unbiased review* The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende Published by Simon & Schuster UK on 5 November 2015 Genres: Adult, Historical, Romance Pages: 336 Format: eARC Source: Netgalley Re...
The Japanese Lover is the first Isabel Allende book I have read. I will have to try a different one by her because this is not the book for me. It has too many different stories and issues that for me don't come together. Plus, a main character I don't care for and a grand love story I don't really ...
A special thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Allende's novel takes a closer look at relationships, family, and love. Irina, an immigrant from Poland accepts a job at a retirement home where we are introduced to Alma. Alma and Irina fall into an unexpected friendship t...
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley. What makes a family? What makes a relationship? Allende’s novel is, in part, mediation on these questions. The story starts with Irina who gains a job working at a retirement home/ assisted living facility. She gains a boyfriend of a sort, and eve...
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