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The woman in the white kimono / Ana Johns.
"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 Kovac, 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."--Provided by the publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780778308140
- ISBN: 0778308146
- Physical Description: 341 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Park Row Books, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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| Subject: | Women > Japan > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Elkford Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Elkford Public Library | FC JOH (Text) | 35170000433300 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Traces the intertwined stories of a young woman from 1950s Japan who must choose between her heart and home, and a journalist in modern America who discovers her father's long-buried secrets. - Baker & Taylor
A novel inspired by true events traces the intertwined stories of a young woman from 1950s Japan who must choose between her heart and home, and a journalist in modern America who discovers her father's long-buried secrets. 50,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
"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"--Dust jacket front flap. - Harlequin
Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them.
Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamuraâs prearranged marriage to the son of her fatherâs business associate would secure her familyâs status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another manâan American sailor, a gaijinâand to marry him would bring great shame upon her entire family. When itâs learned Naoko carries the sailorâs child, sheâs cast out in disgrace and forced to make unimaginable choices with consequences that will ripple across generations.
America, present day. Tori Kovac, caring for her dying father, finds a letter containing a shocking revelationâone that calls into question everything she understood about him, her family and herself. Setting out to learn the truth behind the letter, Toriâs 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. - Harlequin
"Cinematic, deeply moving, and beautifully written." --Carol Mason, author of After You Left
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.
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.Â
America, present day. Tori Kovac finds a letter containing a shocking revelation. Setting out to learn the truth, Tori's journey leads her 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, The Woman in the White Kimono shows how two women, decades apart, are inextricably bound by the secrets between them.
