The Street Of A Thousand Blossoms
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The Street Of A Thousand Blossoms
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Author : Gail Tsukiyama
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2007-09-04
The Street Of A Thousand Blossoms written by Gail Tsukiyama and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-04 with Fiction categories.
Gail Tsukiyama's The Street of a Thousand Blossoms is a powerfully moving masterpiece about tradition and change, loss and renewal, and love and family from a glorious storyteller at the height of her powers. It is Tokyo in 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows early signs of promise at the national obsession of sumo wrestling, while Kenji is fascinated by the art of Noh theater masks. But as the ripples of war spread to their quiet neighborhood, the brothers must put their dreams on hold—and forge their own paths in a new Japan. Meanwhile, the two young daughters of a renowned sumo master find their lives increasingly intertwined with the fortunes of their father's star pupil, Hiroshi.
The Street Of A Thousand Blossoms
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Author : Gail Tsukiyama
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2007-09-04
The Street Of A Thousand Blossoms written by Gail Tsukiyama and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-04 with Fiction categories.
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A Hundred Flowers
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Author : Gail Tsukiyama
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2012-08-07
A Hundred Flowers written by Gail Tsukiyama and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-07 with Fiction categories.
Gail Tsukiyama's A Hundred Flowers is powerful novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary times at the start of the Chinese Cultural Revolution China, 1957. Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society: "Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend." Many intellectuals fear it is only a trick, and Kai Ying's husband, Sheng, a teacher, has promised not to jeopardize their safety or that of their young son, Tao. But one July morning, just before his sixth birthday, Tao watches helplessly as Sheng is dragged away for writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor camp for "reeducation." A year later, still missing his father desperately, Tao climbs to the top of the hundred-year-old kapok tree in front of their home, wanting to see the mountain peaks in the distance. But Tao slips and tumbles thirty feet to the courtyard below, badly breaking his leg. As Kai Ying struggles to hold her small family together in the face of this shattering reminder of her husband's absence, other members of the household must face their own guilty secrets and strive to find peace in a world where the old sense of order is falling. Once again, Tsukiyama brings us a powerfully moving story of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances with grace and courage.
The Samurai S Garden
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Author : Gail Tsukiyama
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2008-06-24
The Samurai S Garden written by Gail Tsukiyama and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-24 with Fiction categories.
The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Gail Tsukiyama's The Samurai's Garden uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for this extraordinary story. A 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight. Matsu is a samurai of the soul, a man devoted to doing good and finding beauty in a cruel and arbitrary world, and Stephen is a noble student, learning to appreciate Matsu's generous and nurturing way of life and to love Matsu's soulmate, gentle Sachi, a woman afflicted with leprosy.
Women Of The Silk
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Author : Gail Tsukiyama
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2011-04-01
Women Of The Silk written by Gail Tsukiyama and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-01 with Fiction categories.
In Women of the Silk Gail Tsukiyama takes her readers back to rural China in 1926, where a group of women forge a sisterhood amidst the reeling machines that reverberate and clamor in a vast silk factory from dawn to dusk. Leading the first strike the village has ever seen, the young women use the strength of their ambition, dreams, and friendship to achieve the freedom they could never have hoped for on their own. Tsukiyama's graceful prose weaves the details of "the silk work" and Chinese village life into a story of courage and strength.
Dreaming Water
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Author : Gail Tsukiyama
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2003-05-01
Dreaming Water written by Gail Tsukiyama and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-01 with Fiction categories.
Bestselling author Gail Tsukiyama is known for her poignant, subtle insights into the most complicated of relationships. Dreaming Water is an exploration of two of the richest and most layered human connections that exist: mother and daughter and lifelong friends. Hana is suffering from Werner's syndrome, a disease that makes a person age at twice the rate of a healthy individual: at thirty-eight Hana has the appearance of an eighty-year-old. Cate, her mother, is caring for her while struggling with her grief at losing her husband, Max, and with the knowledge that Hana's disease is getting worse by the day. Hana and Cate's days are quiet and ordered. Cate escapes to her beloved garden and Hana reads and writes letters. Each find themselves drawn into their pasts, remembering the joyous and challenging events that have shaped them: spending the day at Max's favorite beach, overcoming their neighbors' prejudices that Max is Japanese-American and Cate is Italian-American, and coping with the heartbreak of discovering Hana's disease. One of the great joys of Hana's life has been her relationship with her beautiful, successful best friend Laura. Laura has moved to New York from their hometown in California and has two daughters, Josephine and Camille. She has not been home in years and begs Hana to let her bring her daughters to meet her, feeling that Josephine, in particular, needs to have Hana in her life. Despite Hana's latest refusal, Laura decides to come anyway. When Laura's loud, energetic, and troubled world collides with Hana and Cate's daily routine, the story really begins. Dreaming Water is about a mother's courage, a daughter's strength, and a friend's love. It is about the importance of human dignity and the importance of all the small moments that create a life worth living.
Cherry Blossoms In The Storm
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Author : Robert Kaku
language : en
Publisher: Majesty House
Release Date : 2015-09-18
Cherry Blossoms In The Storm written by Robert Kaku and has been published by Majesty House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-18 with Fiction categories.
AN EXHILARATING SAGA OF A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY DURING WWII. Three brothers find their lives turned upside down when they are caught in the cataclysm of war. Eldest brother, Akira Omura, is stranded in Japan and forced to fight against the country of his birth. Complicating matters is a love triangle with Akira, his beautiful fiancée, and two other men. In America, wartime hysteria sends younger brothers Tad and Danny to internment camps. They traverse oceans and even wider chasms of prejudice, hatred, and separation from loved ones, risking their lives to seek freedom and hope for the future. Check out the book trailer at: majesty.org/cb World War II, Japanese American, Internment, 442 Regiment, Nisei, Okinawa
The Color Of Air
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Author : Gail Tsukiyama
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2020-07-07
The Color Of Air written by Gail Tsukiyama and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-07 with Fiction categories.
PARADE’s Best Books to Read this Summer "A rich historical novel that illustrates why connection is more important and more vital than ever.” -New York Times bestselling author Lisa See Daniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike his Uncle Koji. Koji lives with the memories of Daniel’s mother, Mariko, the love of his life, and the scars of a life hard-lived. He can’t wait to see Daniel, who he’s always thought of as a son, but he knows the time has come to tell him the truth about his mother, and his father. But Daniel’s arrival coincides with the awakening of the Mauna Loa volcano, and its dangerous path toward their village stirs both new and long ago passions in their community. Alternating between past and present—from the day of the volcano eruption in 1935 to decades prior—The Color of Air interweaves the stories of Daniel, Koji, and Mariko to create a rich, vibrant, bittersweet chorus that celebrates their lifelong bond to one other and to their immigrant community. As Mauna Loa threatens their lives and livelihoods, it also unearths long held secrets simmering below the surface that meld past and present, revealing a path forward for them all.
Night Of Many Dreams
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Author : Gail Tsukiyama
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2007-04-01
Night Of Many Dreams written by Gail Tsukiyama and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Fiction categories.
As World War II threatens their comfortable life in Hong Kong, young Joan and Emma Lew escape with their family to spend the war years in Macao. When they return home, Emma develops a deep interest in travel and sets her sights on an artistic life in San Francisco, while Joan turns to movies and thoughts of romance to escape the pressures of her real life. As the girls become women, each follows a path different from what her family expects. But through periods of great happiness and sorrow, the sisters learn that their complicated ties to each other--and to the other members of their close-knit family—are a source of strength as they pursue their separate dreams.
Snow Flower And The Secret Fan
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Author : Lisa See
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-10-17
Snow Flower And The Secret Fan written by Lisa See and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-17 with Fiction categories.
Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily now has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family. To prepare for her new life, she must undergo the agonies of footbinding, learn nu shu, the famed secret women's writing, and make a very special friend, Snow Flower. But a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything.