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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... together about the Vietnam war . ' دو " She never talked to me about the war , " Barbara said . There was a silence . In the air hung the unspoken response : Be- cause you are an American . " Hiroko is not correct , I think , " # 21.
... 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 looked around at the bare walls , the sliding rice paper door of her closet half open . Her chest ached ...
... silence . Miss Ota put the lid back on her custard dish and carefully arranged her spoon beside it . " Michi - san was married , then ? " " Of course , " Miss Ota said primly . " I mean of course ... but did he die too ? " " Yes , many ...
... with one finger . Ume meant plum . Michi - san must have named her for the trees she'd loved . Maybe Ume's death had caused her to lose all hope . Barbara carefully refolded the gown . The silence was oppressive # 38 #
A Novel Angela Davis-Gardner. Barbara carefully refolded the gown . The silence was oppressive . She poured a glass of wine from the most recent bottle and took a long swallow . From the wine chest she took an unopened bottle— 1939 , the ...