The Japanese lover
(Large Print)
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2015.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
461 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Arroyo Grande Library - Large Print Fiction
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FIC LT
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Morro Bay Library - Large Print Fiction
FIC LT
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FIC LT
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Oceano Library - Large Print Fiction
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FIC LT
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LC Subjects
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Interracial dating -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Love in old age -- Fiction.
Older women -- Fiction.
Romance fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Poland -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Interracial dating -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Love in old age -- Fiction.
Older women -- Fiction.
Romance fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Poland -- Fiction.
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2015.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
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In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family's Japanese gardener. Unnoticed by those around them, a tender love affair begins to blossom. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart as Ichimei and his family -- like thousands of other Japanese Americans -- are declared enemies and forcibly relocated to internment camps run by the United States government. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love that they are forever forced to hide from the world. Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to come to terms with her own troubled past, meets the elderly woman and her grandson, Seth, at San Francisco's charmingly eccentric Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, eventually learning about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years.
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