Dates read: Jun/Jul 2008
Read or listened to: Read
Pages: 272 pp.
Rating: ●●●●○
I really liked this book. Unfortunately, I finished it nearly a week ago and broke my first rule of book review blogging--that is to post within 24 hours after finishing the book so that it is fresh in my mind. It isn't fresh.
Anyway, here are a few thoughts:
- I didn't find this book quite as depressing as many of the reviewers did. Sad, yes, but I was interested in the way that the family stayed together and valued each other above all else.
- Lately, I have been drawn to books describing discrimination and prejudice. I have been born and raised in a relative state of ease and it is enlightening and disheartening to recognize the reality that some people live with. We all need to be aware of these things to stop the plague of intolerance and prejudice. The Japanese-American family in this book gave a perspective not commonly seen.
