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Started this today. It‘s good so far. I have read a lot of WWII this year but not anything from the viewpoint of occupied Japan after the war.

I've started a lot of books since the new year, but this is the first one I finished! A really lovely story about a cast of people during the U.S's occupation of Japan. The story deals a lot with identity. What does it mean to be Japanese? To be a Japanese American? Where do you belong? What do you do to fit into this changing society? It'll my only complaint is it finishes off to perfectly. Captured in the back is my baby!

This. I grew up thinking Canada was the nicest country in the world and wasn't until I started university that I questioned that fact. I try to ignore the "were the nice guys from the north" trope and face it's problematic relationships with racism.Reading this paragraph I couldn't help thinking this author was right there with me!

A very thoughtful passage. I grew up with parents who always told me to ignore the homeless people we passed and it always felt so wrong. We're all people and we all deserve decency and respect.

I signed up for a committee at work to pick one book as our staff pick. I have 5 books I need to read in the next week! Wish me luck! This one definitely had the best cover!

Fire Flowers (Ben Byrne) led me to listen to this one. Fascinating stories of repatriation.

#somethingforsept #setinasia #septphotochallenge I went through a phase where I was ONLY reading historical fiction and books set in Asia were some of my favorites! I really enjoy learning about other cultures, customs and the history of countries and cities through reading.

What a wonderful novel. It's told from differing points-of-view (a style of writing I'm enjoying more and more). This facilitates the reader's involvement with each differing character's experience in post-WW2 Japan. Well written and an enjoyable read, despite some of the painful historical realities. 4.5🌟

Same.
He would fit right in here at Litsy.

Same.
He would fit right in here at Litsy.

I love NY. Reading with the windows open, letting the autumnal breeze float in. Perfection. (And yes there is another book tower 😅)

Using my trip to Vancouver Island as a chance to pick up some Canadian lit.

For the first few chapters I wasn't sure how much I was going to like this, but I'm 60 pages in now and it's starting to get to me! I'm sure it will be even more powerful and impactful as the pages go on. I'm excited to continue...

Spent a good chunk of my long weekend at the cottage with this! Fabulous story about Japanese and Canadian identity, love in different forms, and navigating meaning. Definitely suggesting this for book club.

This pretty pretty ARC arrived from the publisher, Doubleday/Penguin Random House, today! Looking forward to reading this!

The cover is eye-catching, and a novel about a Japanese-Canadian girl, back in Tokyo to search for her missing sister in the aftermath of Japan's defeat in WWII after having been interred in a Canadian prison camp: W H E E L H O U S E !!!

Absolutely stunning. Set in post-WWII Japan, this debut novel follows the intersecting storylines surrounding one young girl's desperate search for her missing sister. So incredibly moving #ChatterBox