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"Debra Quakerneck, an average 30 something social worker, has just lost her husband to infidelity (a sexual affair with her sister!) when she meets Mieke Adams, an elderly woman with a lust for life, an admiration for the Japanese culture, and a lifetime of stories to share.
Mieke's distinctive Zen garden is the setting for the women to learn about each other and their pasts. Mieke relays stories of her childhood and gives Debra four gifts (a geisha mask, a bamboo rod, a model sailboat, and a porcelain Buddha figurine) bearing profound meaning -- these help Debra through her troubles, the worst being the death of a little girl she causes in a car accident.
Out of the women's friendship, a familial connection is uncovered and a genealogical search begins. Debra must follow her leads to Japan, where she discovers her kinship to Dutch and English sailors who first arrived in Japan in the 1600s -- and the people she has come to learn through the tales of the older women in her life."
Anethea Veenman-Hodges, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- search for family/history
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers
- mind reading
- mind control
- super strength
- invisibility
- can read emotions
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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