A very young Polish immigrant arrives in California at the outbreak of WW II, her story becomes intimately intertwined with the travails of a Japanese/American family during that time and that of the life of another European émigré in modern San Francisco. This presents something of a quest novel, in the beginning straight narrative which reads almost as documentary but which concludes with an intriguing and very satisfying, quirky twist. Insightful, surprising and warm!
(Margaret Teh - bwl 85 Summer 2017 ) |
