The Buddha in the attic
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Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The acclaimed author of When the Emperor Was Divine tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as “picture brides” a century ago in this "understated masterpiece ... that unfolds with great emotional power" (San Francisco Chronicle).
In eight unforgettable sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys by boat, to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; from their experiences raising children who would later reject their culture and language, to the deracinating arrival of war.
Julie Otsuka has written a spellbinding novel about identity and loyalty, and what it means to be an American in uncertain times.
Don’t miss Julie Otsuka’s bestselling new novel, The Swimmers.
In eight unforgettable sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys by boat, to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; from their experiences raising children who would later reject their culture and language, to the deracinating arrival of war.
Julie Otsuka has written a spellbinding novel about identity and loyalty, and what it means to be an American in uncertain times.
Don’t miss Julie Otsuka’s bestselling new novel, The Swimmers.
Subjects
Subjects
Fiction
FICTION / Cultural Heritage
FICTION / Family Life
FICTION / Literary
Historical fiction
History
Japanese American families
Japanese American families -- Fiction
Japanese fiction
Japanese fiction -- California
Literature
Mail order brides
Mail order brides -- Fiction
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
FICTION / Cultural Heritage
FICTION / Family Life
FICTION / Literary
Historical fiction
History
Japanese American families
Japanese American families -- Fiction
Japanese fiction
Japanese fiction -- California
Literature
Mail order brides
Mail order brides -- Fiction
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
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ISBN:
9780307744425
9780307940766
9780307700469
9780307940766
9780307700469
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6, 6 Points
Level 6, 6 Points
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Last Grouping Update | 2023-01-30 04:00:50AM |
Last Indexed | 2023-01-30 04:53:40AM |
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Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage, and the prospect of wartime internment.
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FICTION / Family Life
FICTION / Literary
Historical fiction
Japanese American families -- Fiction
Japanese fiction -- California
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The Buddha in the Attic Otsuka, Julie.
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Literature
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