Plum Wine: A NovelTerrace Books, 01/04/2006 - 332 páginas Barbara Jefferson, a young American teaching in Tokyo in the 1960s, is set on a life-changing quest when her Japanese surrogate mother, Michi, dies, leaving her a tansu of homemade plum wines wrapped in rice paper. Within the papers Barbara discovers writings in Japanese calligraphy that comprise a startling personal narrative. With the help of her translator, Seiji Okada, Barbara begins to unravel the mysteries of Michi's life, a story that begins in the early twentieth century and continues through World War II and its aftermath. |
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... called out , following them down the hall to the tatami sitting room . The workmen had placed the tansu be- tween her kotatsu table and chest of drawers . " Wine ? " Miss Fujizawa and Mrs. Nakano said in unison . The women bent to pull ...
... called mochi and bream wrapped in bamboo leaves and served with carrots cut in the shape of turtles " for good luck and longevity . " Had she said for your good luck and longevity ? She thought of Michi's face , her sympathetic but ...
... called to her from her offtce . " Miss Jefferson , could you please stop in ? " " Oh — Miss Fujizawa . I just sent the girls to the language lab— we're out early . " Miss Fujizawa waved her to a chair . " My apologies for having ...
... called after her . " You've always been so kind to me . " But she had said noth- ing . There was only silence , and the whisk of Michi's slippers as she moved away from her down the hall . Barbara sat up and turned on her light . She ...