Monday, February 27, 2012

The Buddha in the Attic

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka  129 pp.

This tiny book tells the story of Japanese "Picture Brides" who came to the U.S. in the early 20th century to begin new lives with men they had never met. The author uses almost a stream of consciousness style to encompass all the different events in the lives of these women from their arrival by boat to their forced move into the internment camps in World War II. This is a 'one sitting' book that will suck you in and make you read it to the end.

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