Above the East China Sea
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1101873868 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is a columnist for Texas Monthly and has contributed to other magazines, including O, The Oprah Magazine; The New York Times Magazine; Salon; and Real Simple.. Sarah Bird, winner of the 2014 Texas Writer Award and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great Writers pick, is the author of The Yokota Officers Club and eight other novels. She grew
Links between the two girls, hinted at early on, crystallize as Luz’s quest to learn more about her ancestors takes her deeper into the past and into the traditions that still exert a hold on daily Okinawan life. --Mary Ellen Quinn . From Booklist *Starred Review* Obon, the Buddhist festival of the dead, provides the frame for Bird’s novel about two girls who live in the same place, the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan, but at different times. Bird uses distinct voices to weave her narrative. Tamiko, a 15-year-old schoolgirl, leaves home with her sister, Hatsuko, to take part in Japan’s desperate, last-ditch defense against the Americans in 1945. More than 60 years later, Luz James, a part-Okinawan military brat living at Kadena Air Base, is grieving for her own sist
"World" according to Grace. I read this as a book cllub choice. I am so glad I did. If flipping time period in books may bother you at first . The older time period is Okinaway just efore the 19World Grace I read this as a book cllub choice. I am so glad I did. If flipping time period in books may bother you at first . The older time period is Okinaway just efore the 1945 just before the American invasion, And the current time frame is an American teen ager , military dependent whose mother is station. 5 just before the American invasion, And the current time frame is an American teen ager , military dependent whose mother is station. "I'm glad I continued" according to Sandra J. Smith. For the first few chapters I was ambivalent about this book, and might have stopped reading if it were not for a book club. I'm glad I continued. The two stories are woven together in an interesting way, and the descriptions of life on Okinawa during WWII are vivid and haunting. I will definitely re. A matter ofs tasteA matter ofs taste4! okapi I read this book on the recommendation of family members who LOVED it. I did not love it like they did. It was okay and the character development was good but overall it was not a favorite.. ! I read this book on the recommendation of family members who LOVED it. I did not love it like they did. It was okay and the character development was good but overall it was not a favorite.
Air Force base with her mother, a no-nonsense sergeant. Both of these extraordinary young women are seeking peace, and as Luz digs deeper and deeper into her past, their quests will intersect. A Seattle Times Best Book of the Year Okinawa, present day: Luz, a teenage military brat, has moved to the island’s U.S. This is an island where departed spirits mingle with the living, and interwoven with Luz’s narrative is the story of an Okinawan girl, Tamiko Kokuba, who in 1945 was plucked from her high school and trained to work in the Imperial Army’s horrific cave hospitals. Above the East China Sea tells the entwined stories of two lives connected across time by the shared experience of loss, the strength of an ancient culture, and the power of family love.. Luz’s mother hopes that the move will reconnect them with the Okinawan branch of their family—and help them heal from the death of Luz’s beloved older sister