Ana Johns

This book centers around the relationship between an American serviceman in Japan in the 1950s and the Japanese woman he marries against her family's wishes. When he is sent away, he is unable to return. He marries back in the US, and as he is dying, he tells his daughter about the life he had before he married her mother. Tori goes in search of the Japanese woman and possibly the sister she thinks she has. I learned so much about Japanese culture during this time period. It was close to my heart since my brother-in-law was born during this time to a Japanese mother and an American father, although he was born and raised in the US since she knew neither of them would be accepted in Japan. I didn't realize that mixed race babies were actually killed during this time period. I thoroughly enjoyed this book about a disturbing time in history and a daughter's search to understand her father.… (mehr)