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HTML: "Clear your schedule! The Third Son is your next obsessive read. Julie Wu's book reads like an instant classic." â??Lydia Netzer, author of Shine Shine Shine
In the middle of a terrifying air raid in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, Saburo, the least-favored son of a Taiwanese politician, runs through a forest for cover. It's there he stumbles on Yoshiko, whose descriptions of her loving family are to Saburo like a glimpse of paradise. Meeting her is a moment he will remember forever, and for years he will try to find her again. When he finally does, she is by the side of his oldest brother and greatest rival.
In Saburo, author Julie Wu has created an extraordinary character, determined to fight for everything he needs and wants, from food to education to his first love. The Third Son is a sparkling and moving story about a young boy with his head in the clouds who, against all odds, finds himself on the frontier of America's space program.
"An appealing coming-of-age story packed with vivid historical detail." â??The Christian Science Monitor
"A boy growing up in Japanese-occupied Taiwan in the 1940s will do anything to escape his tormenting family and reconnect with his first love in this compelling work of fiction." â??O: The Oprah Magazine
"Deceptively simple, deeply compelling . . . An unusually awful sibling rivalry, a stunningly pure and inspiring love story." â??The Boston Globe
"Wu presents an alluring story that hits all the right emotional buttons and maintains readers' empathy from the first page to the last." â??Kirk… (mehr) |
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HTML: "Clear your schedule! The Third Son is your next obsessive read. Julie Wu's book reads like an instant classic." â??Lydia Netzer, author of Shine Shine Shine
In the middle of a terrifying air raid in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, Saburo, the least-favored son of a Taiwanese politician, runs through a forest for cover. It's there he stumbles on Yoshiko, whose descriptions of her loving family are to Saburo like a glimpse of paradise. Meeting her is a moment he will remember forever, and for years he will try to find her again. When he finally does, she is by the side of his oldest brother and greatest rival.
In Saburo, author Julie Wu has created an extraordinary character, determined to fight for everything he needs and wants, from food to education to his first love. The Third Son is a sparkling and moving story about a young boy with his head in the clouds who, against all odds, finds himself on the frontier of America's space program.
"An appealing coming-of-age story packed with vivid historical detail." â??The Christian Science Monitor
"A boy growing up in Japanese-occupied Taiwan in the 1940s will do anything to escape his tormenting family and reconnect with his first love in this compelling work of fiction." â??O: The Oprah Magazine
"Deceptively simple, deeply compelling . . . An unusually awful sibling rivalry, a stunningly pure and inspiring love story." â??The Boston Globe
"Wu presents an alluring story that hits all the right emotional buttons and maintains readers' empathy from the first page to the last." â??Kirk ▾Bibliotheksbeschreibungen Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. ▾Beschreibung von LibraryThing-Mitgliedern
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This first son enjoyed reading about "The Third Son".
Set in 1943, eight year old Saburo meets Yoshiko in an air raid. Because it was a Japanese territory, the Americans were bombing Taiwan. After WW2, Taiwan is freed from the Japanese only to be placed under the heel of the Chinese Nationalist Army. Saburo is trying to get out from under the heel of his parents and first born brother, whom his parents heavily favored.
The book does feel like it missed some scenes. A paragraph here or there would have made transitions of scenes easier.
Especially loved the scenes of Saburo describing American life from his Taiwanese eyes. I was not aware of the White Terror in Taiwan and have more respect for the Taiwanese independence movement. If nothing else, I will be more tolerant to Taiwanese who insist they are Taiwanese, not Chinese.
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