This beautifully written debut novel transported me to Japan, 1957, to follow the life of the fictional 17-year old Naoko Nakamuras, who has fallen in love with a young U.S. Navy sailor. Pregnant with a mixed-race child, she is banished from her family. The nightmare events that follow are based on the true stories surrounding the more than 10,000 mixed-race babies born to U.S. servicemen and Japanese women in that era.
(Sharron Calkins - bwl 96 Spring 2020 ) |
