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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... stopped walking and looked at her . " This is very interesting . " " My mother always wanted a daughter like her , someone adven- turous but conventional . A suit - and - pearls kind of woman who takes flying lessons . Once she said if ...
... stopped . People were rising from their seats . Barbara's head spun as she stood up . Was she supposed to go too ? Maybe it was like the Catholic church where only initiates were allowed to approach the altar . If this were someone ...
... stopped . Inside there were handmade blank books for sale , double sheets of rice paper stitched together and covered with crinkly paper . She chose one with a red cover , paid , and went on down the street . In the distance a train stopped ...
... stopped in front of her ; when it pulled away the woman had vanished . Barbara stood looking at the streams of cars and people flowing in both directions , a hollow feeling in her chest . Of course it hadn't been Michi . The woods on ...
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