6/8/2023 0 Comments Review buddha in the attic![]() Never take the last piece of food from a plate. ![]() Touching on the hardships of raising children in the US with knowledge of their heritage, the narrator says, “We told them stories about tongue-cut sparrows and grateful cranes and baby doves that always remembered to let their parents perch on the higher branch. However, life goes on and the women have children. They were destined to be farmer’s wives, the exact same fate they had left Japan for. When they arrive in the U.S, they discover that the lives that were painted for them in the letters that their husbands sent to them were a fantasy. ![]() ![]() It begins with the voyage of Japanese women to America to become picture brides for the Japanese men that were in the U.S. The novel is about the trials and obstacles of Japanese women in America during the pre-war era and World War II era. ![]()
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