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Loading... Comfort womanby Nora Okja Keller
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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0140263357, Paperback)Comfort Woman is the story of Akiko, a Korean refugee of World War II, and Beccah, her daughter by an American missionary. The two women are living on the edge of society--and sanity--in Honolulu, haunted by Akiko's periodic encounters with the spirits of the dead, and by Beccah's struggles to reclaim her mother from her past. Slowly and painfully Akiko reveals her tragic story as a "comfort woman" to Japanese soldiers. As Beccah uncovers these truths, she discovers her own strength and the precious gifts her mother has given her.Penguin Readers Guide Bound into every Book Includes: An introduction to the novel A biographical note about the author An interview with the author Provocative discussion questions for reading groups "Combines the familial intimacy of Louise Erdrich's early novels with the fierce magic of Toni Morrison's Beloved. . . . An impressive debut."-- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times (retrieved from Amazon Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:30:28 -0400) |
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