A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding
Author(s): Jackie Copleton
In the tradition of "Memoirs of a Geisha "and "The Piano Teacher," a heart-wrenching debut novel of family, forgiveness, and the exquisite pain of love "" When Amaterasu Takahashi opens the door of her Philadelphia home to a badly scarred man claiming to be her grandson, she doesn t believe him. Her grandson and her daughter, Yuko, perished nearly forty years ago during the bombing of Nagasaki. But the man carries with him a collection of sealed private letters that open a Pandora s Box of family secrets Ama had sworn to leave behind when she fled Japan. She is forced to confront her memories of the years before the war: of the daughter she tried too hard to protect and the love affair that would drive them apart, and even further back, to the long, sake-pouring nights at a hostess bar where Ama first learned that a soft heart was a dangerous thing. Will Ama allow herself to believe in a miracle?"
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Jacqueline Copleton spent three years teaching English in Nagasaki and Sapporo. A journalist, she now lives with her husband in Glasglow, Scotland.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books
- : Penguin Books
- : 0.454
- : 01 December 2015
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jackie Copleton
- : Paperback / softback
- : 823.92
- : 304