The Strangeness of Beauty
by Lydia Y. Minatoya
Taste attributes: historicaldramafamilyslowheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipunlikely connectionsempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeExpect a moving, realistic historical novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About This Book
"When Etsuko Sone's sister dies in childbirth in Seattle's shabby Japantown, love for the precocious child catapults Etsuko back across the Pacific and into the austere samurai household of her mysterious mother, Chie - a woman who rejected Etsuko at birth.
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- Author
- Lydia Y. Minatoya
- Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 382
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- Open Library
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