Floating World
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5 journalers for this copy...
I picked this one up at the Toronto Public Library book sale.
This was a quick read. I enjoyed the short little novel. It was an interesting coming of age story about a Japanese American girl growing up in the 50s. I especially enjoyed the portrayal of the older Japanese characters. They were quite manipulative with very few words. I could feel the guilt they laid on others burning through the pages of the book!
I'm sending this one off in a RABCK to lauraloo29.
I finally got around to sending this one off to lauraloo29! Enjoy!
This arrived as a RABCK today. I've always been interested in Japanese-American/Canadians. Southern Alberta had many Japanese-Canadians moved there and I have just come back from a vacation, where we visited the Japanese Gardens in Lethbridge Alberta. This will go near the top of my TBR pile.
I'm not sure what I was expecting with this book. I was disappointed. I felt quite sad for the characters and the life they lived. Made me appreciate mine more.
I'll be sending this book out soon as a bookrelay.
I'll be sending this book out soon as a bookrelay.
Accepted by JDT as part of the "Broadening our Horizons" Relay
Nice package of books in my mailbox today!
Thanks for this book relay, lauraloo29!
Thanks for this book relay, lauraloo29!
Interesting story of Japanese-American narrator growing up in a "floating world" of moving often, life on the road, trying to make it.
Strong parts were the role and power of family: a difficult grandmother, marriage and parent/child relationships, and a feel for the challenges of conflicting heritages.
Sending to Krisamd - part of a book relay - with thanks for your patience while I read it!
Strong parts were the role and power of family: a difficult grandmother, marriage and parent/child relationships, and a feel for the challenges of conflicting heritages.
Sending to Krisamd - part of a book relay - with thanks for your patience while I read it!
Arrived today. Thank you! Kadohata just won the Newbery Award for her children's book, "Kira-Kira." I am interested to read her work.
The book read like a series of mostly disconnected vignettes, which was probably the point. Livvie and her family live in a "floating world," drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, grasping at but rarely finding any real connections.
Since receiving this book, I have also read Kadohata's "Kira-Kira," which also centered around the culture of Japanese-American migrant workers during the 1950s and 1960s, and was infused with the same quiet sadness and sense of frustrated dreams. The characters keep on moving, but do they ever arrive anywhere?
This book will be traveling on to a new reader soon. Thanks for the chance to read it.
Since receiving this book, I have also read Kadohata's "Kira-Kira," which also centered around the culture of Japanese-American migrant workers during the 1950s and 1960s, and was infused with the same quiet sadness and sense of frustrated dreams. The characters keep on moving, but do they ever arrive anywhere?
This book will be traveling on to a new reader soon. Thanks for the chance to read it.
Received today. Have a stack ahead of it so it may be awhile before I journal my reactions. Thanks for the chance to try someone new.
An interesting style. The Asian inter-family relationships were fascinating and character development was good. I'd recommend it!
Journal Entry 14 by tiatia at Crystal City Mailboxes (Crystal Gateway) in Arlington, Virginia USA on Thursday, June 15, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (6/16/2006 UTC) at Crystal City Mailboxes (Crystal Gateway) in Arlington, Virginia USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES:
In the OBCZ box in the lobby.
In the OBCZ box in the lobby.
