This is one of those books that has so many little nuggets that you want to hold onto forever. Traditional - Old-time and old-cultural values are followed throughout the book Although the story is told with compassion, the acts described defy morals. Morality - When the main subject is the suffering and unfair treatment of Japanese-Americans during the war it's not gonna get high morality points. Suspense - There was nothing that made me feel like I had to stay up longer to see how something was resolved On a scale of 1 - 5 (5 being a lot of examples/instances): I started a blog about it and announced it with a quote from this book, "I try not to live in the past, he thought, but who knows, sometimes the past lives in me." (p. Sadly, the only similarity to a reunion of that magnitude is the name of the author ( Jaime Ford ).Ībout the time I began reading this book I also began a personal journey back in time - reviewing my journal from a year as an exchange student in 1987 - 1988. As a hopeless romantic, I was ready for a Jaime/Claire-type reunion ( Outlander ). I think it is a theme that a lot of people can identify with. It's a heartwarming story about the one that got away. It's not one of the best stories I've ever read, especially with the anti-climactic ending, but it is memorable. This book came up several times as a possible pick before someone actually chose it. Click " here " to open new page link to Amazon.
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