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Title: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto: A Novel by Mitch Albom

Subtitle: Summary & Analysis

Author: Instaread

Narrator: Michael Gilboe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-09-15

Publisher: Instaread

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom is a novel about the fictional musician Frankie Presto and his amazing journey through music and life. Frankie's life story is told from the perspective of music, a fictional narrator. This is fitting, given that Frankie was one of the world's greatest guitarists.

The story, however, begins at its end: Frankie has died during a music festival. During a performance, his body levitates and then drops to the stage. The novel opens at Frankie's funeral, where music-industry figures - including nonfictional musicians such as Lyle Lovett and Ingrid Michaelson - have gathered to pay their respects and share their thoughts about the deceased guitarist. Music, the narrator, uses the opportunity of the funeral to reflect on Frankie's life.

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Members Reviews:

A great read!!

I really enjoyed reading this book. It kept my attention and I really enjoyed the story line.

Gives a Good Summary of The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

I have never read any of Mitch Albom's books, but this one was brought up recently at a social event. I am a full time working mother, so I have limited reading time. When I read the description of the book and some of the other reviews, I was confused and even more unsure of whether or not I wanted to read the book. That's where the Instaread came in to play. The Instaread gave me a thorough summary and analysis without giving away major spoilers. It introduces the primary characters as well as themes of the book. I found it to be well written and interesting. I still haven't decided if I want to read the full novel yet, but I feel better prepared to make that decision now!

*I received this Instaread for free for the purpose of reading & reviewing. My thoughts & opinions are my own.

I still wasn't sure how much I enjoyed it.

If I had to describe the writing style of this book in terms of music, it would be syncopated (a little off beat and odd). The book starts out with a dead main character (Frankie) and the eulogies given by various friends telling his story. When I finished reading the book, I still wasn't sure how much I enjoyed it.

I loved it. It was well written and different

A charming story. I loved it. It was well written and different. Great read.

Another excellent Summary Book by Instareads

I love Mitch Albom and his books. This Summary and Analysis of Mitch Albom's "The Magic Strings Of Frankie Presto" by Instaread is very well written indeed. After reading a couple of other Instaread Summary books, I always make it a point to read this before actually buying the original book. Firstly, because I want to be able to decipher if the original work is worth reading (or worth giving as a gift). And then there's having limited time to get a whole book read, but still wanting to get the gist or overview of one of my favorite author's latest books.

This one has encouraged me to eventually buy the original book and give as Christmas present.

Kudos to Instareads for another well-written Summary book!

Overall an excellent purchase and I highly recommend this book.

I received this book at a discount or free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

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Título: El piso de la calle Ryden y otros cuentos de misterio [The Floor of the Street Ryden and Other Tales of Mystery]

Autor: Blanca Miosi

Narrador: Rodrigo Godoy, Camila Rojas, Yamil Quezada

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 54 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 11-09-15

Editor: Audible Studios

Calificaciones: 3 de 5 de 3 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

El piso de la calle Ryden es el título de uno de los cuentos que componen ésta audio antología de relatos de misterio. En la vida cotidiana, existen momentos y situaciones extrañas que no podemos comprender. Estos son los llamados misterios, los cuales son más frecuentes de lo que la gente se imagina.

Aquí se encuentran reflejados algunos de esos instantes que nuestras mentes lógicas no desean admitir, pero que intuimos existen, porque el miedo no es una sensación inventada. Es un instinto, el cual todos lo tenemos.

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Opiniones de los miembros:

Un viaje a nuestros temores, deseos y contradicciones

El cuento, como relato corto, es para mí un género muy agradable de leer. Cuando supe que Blanca Miosi había preparado una recopilación de algunos de los relatos breves que ha ido elaborando en los últimos años, parte de ellos publicados en foros literarios, me pareció una excelente idea, pues sería lamentable que, por el hecho de ser obras menores --en tamaño, no en interés--, no pudieran llegar al público en general.

Quienes conocen la maestría de la autora en sus novelas no quedarán defraudados por esta colección de cuentos de misterio, género por el que Blanca siente una predilección especial. El piso de la calle Reyden, El abuelo, Los chocolates, Los visitantes, El único deseo, Una vuelta de tuerca, son algunos de los veintiocho relatos cortos que contiene el libro. Historias donde la realidad de los personajes roza en algún momento un mundo paralelo, una quinta dimensión que, bajo su apariencia fantástica, describe el fondo de la psique humana, sus deseos, temores y contradicciones, de modo extraordinariamente fiel. El misterio está dentro de nosotros mismos.

Completa el volumen una novela corta: Octavia y Francesco, sobre el amor a edades muy distintas, cuando el románticismo se vive de otro modo... Un enfoque nuevo y muy interesante.

Pensé que, siendo relatos cortos e independientes, la lectura del libro me duraría bastantes ratos. Craso error: cada cuento te deja con ganas de leer el siguiente y, como son breves, lo acabas también, y nunca se encuentra el momento de dejarlo.

No es que sea el mejor, todos son excelentes, pero me ha gustado especialmente el titulado "El refugio". Sería interesante que quienes lean la colección citaran aquí su relato preferido, sospecho que habría bastante diversidad.

Mi felicitación a la autora.

El piso de la calle Ryden y otros cuentos

Muy bien escrito cada cuento. Conservan el interés hasta el desenlace, inesperado o intuido, como debe ser un cuento. Felicitaciones. Yolanda Ernst

El piso de la calle Ryden.

Me parecío un libro interesante, los cuentos entretenidos, los temas bien tratados, que lo mantienen a uno distraído; además de que se tratan situaciones de misterio de las que alguna vez se han tenido percepciones y no se tiene explicación.

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Title: Cure for the Common Breakup

Subtitle: A Black Dog Bay Novel

Author: Beth Kendrick

Narrator: Amy Rubinate

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-15

Publisher: Ideal Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Welcome to Black Dog Bay, a tiny seaside town in Delaware known as "the best place in America to bounce back from your breakup". Home to the Better Off Bed-and-Breakfast, the Eat Your Heart Out bakery, and the Whinery bar, Black Dog Bay offers a haven for the suddenly single.

Flight attendant Summer Benson lives by two rules: Don't stay with the same man for too long, and never stay in one place. She's about to break rule number one by considering accepting her boyfriend's proposal - then disaster strikes, and her world is shattered in an instant.

Summer heads to Black Dog Bay, where the locals welcome her. Even Hattie Huntington, the town's oldest, richest, and meanest resident, likes her enough to give her a job. Then there's Dutch Jansen, the rugged, stoic mayor, who's the opposite of her type. She probably shouldn't be kissing him. She definitely shouldn't be falling in love. After a lifetime of globe-trotting, Summer has finally found a home. But Hattie has old scores to settle and a hidden agenda for her newest employee. Summer finds herself faced with an impossible choice: leave Black Dog Bay behind forever or stay with the ones she loves and cost them everything....

Members Reviews:

Too Silly for me

My gut instinct was to give this book one star but I went with two because it certainly isn't the worst book I've ever read. I liked the beginning and found it semi-interesting although I found Summer and Kim's conversation to be a little juvenile. As the book progressed, the rough landing, Summer being in the hospital, then the breakup, her running over the rosebushes once she was in Black Dog Bay...I thought, maybe some potential. Sadly I was wrong. I enjoy a fun book but for me this one was just over the top silly, from the way Summer conducted herself to the way the townspeople pretty much had her married off to the mayor after one date - I couldn't find myself believing someone of his description would even date someone like her! It was also a little ridiculous that the town was a "recover from a breakup" town. Just all in all a little too goofy for me. If you are looking for a no-brainer silly day in the sun read and you can pick it up at half price or less, this would be a good book for that. Unfortunately I paid full price and don't feel it was worth it!

Let's all root for the victim in the breakup!

Nothing is better for a cold and dreary winter afternoon that a piece of fluff that entertains and involves the reader. This is it! Here we have a young woman from a comfortable background who needs some alone time to contemplate what is next and find a new direction as she tried to get over the handsome and romantic pilot with whom she has been involved. A popular flight attendant, she returns to Black Dog Bay in an effort to restart her life. This community caters to people who are trying to get over a bad breakup. There is a bed and breakfast where they can stay undetected, a bar where they can drink their sorrows away, a boutique to get a new wardrobe, whatever the need the town has it. The mayor of the town is a lifelong resident, single, handsome, and living totally above the drama of town. In the bar with all of the desperate women, our heroine accepts a bet that she cannot get the indifferent mayor to ask her out. She wins that bet and then some.

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Titre: Trois femmes puissantes

Auteur: Marie NDiaye

Narrateur: Dominique Blanc

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 9 hrs and 14 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 09-18-15

Éditeur: Gallimard

Evaluation: 3 sur 5 sur 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Trois récits, trois femmes qui disent non. Elles s'appellent Norah, Fanta, Khady Demba. Chacune se bat pour préserver sa dignité contre les humiliations que la vie lui inflige avec une obstination méthodique et incompréhensible.

L'art de Marie NDiaye apparaît ici dans toute sa singularité et son mystère. La force de son écriture tient à son apparente douceur, aux lentes circonvolutions qui entraînent le lecteur, sous le glacis d'une prose impeccable et raffinée, dans les méandres d'une conscience livrée à la pure violence des sentiments.

De sa voix chaleureuse, Dominique Blanc nous fait entrer dans l'univers intime de Norah, Fanta et Khady Demba. Une lecture ciselée qui met remarquablement en relief l'écriture précise et achevée de Marie NDiaye.

©2009 Éditions Gallimard (P)2010 Éditions Gallimard

Revues par les critiques:

À propos de ce titre

Prix Goncourt 2009.

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Título: Perdido En Tu Piel

Autor: Rosana Ubanell

Narrador: Adriana Sananes

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 7 hrs and 37 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 09-08-15

Editor: Audible Studios

Calificaciones: 4.5 de 5 de 9 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

¿Qué sucede cuando un hombre que lleva 30 años recordando su primer amor se reencuentra con la mujer que lleva 30 años intentando de olvidarlo?

Desde las luchas sindicales de los años 80 en el puerto de Tampico a la violencia que aflige al pueblo mexicano en la actualidad, esta historia de equívocos, sospechas, secretos, asesinatos, amor y odio determinará las vidas de dos seres muy dispares a los que el destino se empeña en unir contra toda circunstancia.

Las calles de Nueva York, las lujosas mansiones de Los Ángeles, los barrios burgueses de Washington DC, las salvajes colinas de Costa Rica, la selva de Guatemala y las exclusivas playas españolas de Marbella son algunos de los escenarios de esta vibrante audio novela en la que subyace la complicada realidad mexicana en medio de un amor impetuoso.

Cover design by Nic Brito

Please Note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Opiniones de los miembros:

a good story

It kept me attention the entire time. You could really feel what the characters were feeling and going through. I recommend it if you like long lasting memories of impossible loves.

real

me llamo la atencion

en estos tiempos nos encontramos con personas de nuestro pasado muy amenudo, por eso la histotia es muy posible, no se requiere mucha imaginacion, pero esta bien escrito

El pasado siempre presente...el internet acosa

En este segundo libro Roxana no solo sigue la pauta de contar una historia de una forma extremadamente detallada, pero con gran rapidez en los acontecimientos que hace que uno lo disfrute sin casi que preguntarse el final. Por otro lado, el tema es aposionamente, actual y, cuidado, creo que mas de un lector o se siente identificado o puede temer algo parecido. En neustra familia hemos encontrado cosas interesantes aunque no parecidas a los protagonistas de esta obra.

Personalmente, espero impaciente la proxima novela

Manuel

Otro gran éxito

Sin duda "Perdido en tu piel" será el segundo bestseller internacional para la novelista revelación Rosana Ubanell! Una novela que contiene todos los ingredientes para ser otro gran éxito sin fronteras para la escritora Pamplonica; historia, suspense, drama, pasión, erotismo, muy buena prosa y excelente humor.

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Title: Cat to the Dogs

Author: Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Narrator: Susan Boyce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-14-15

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Ever since the earthquake, things have been going from bad to worse in Molena Point, usually the most tranquil little town on the North California coast. It started with that suspicious "accident" on Hellhag Hill. The police might write it off to the night fog, but Joe Grey knows a cut brake line when he sees it - he may be a cat, but he's already solved more murders than your average police detective! Then there's Clyde, Joe's erratic but loveable human. He thinks cats should stay out of police work (as if humans could handle it on their own!), and to make his point, he's locking Joe and his lady friend Dulcie out of the house when Officer Harper comes over to play poker. But Joe isn't about to give up the chase. Not until the "ghost" of Hellhag Hill is tracked down and brought to justice.

Members Reviews:

Loved Joe

The story moved fast at the begining and drew me in. I enjoyed the two pups making you laugh. Kit had to find out what happens to her!

Great Book

As always I enjoyed the adventures of the cats and humans of the Molena Point bunch

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Title: Goodbye, Janette

Author: Harold Robbins

Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A dynasty of women triumphs in the fiercely male-dominated world of high fashion amid the ruins of war. A daughter honors her mother's ultimate sacrifice - by becoming a ruthless businesswoman who will stop at nothing to raise high her family's name. Another daughter seeks to flee the toxic legacy of her family and live in peace. And both daughters have a date with destiny in a vault filled with Nazi gold...treasure that will alter the courses of both their lives....

Goodbye, Janette is a late masterpiece by Harold Robbins, America's most commercially successful and era-defining author of pulp fiction. The creator of erotic and ferocious turbocharged narratives of the soul-stricken rich and famous, Harold Robbins was in his day a close runner-up to Shakespeare and the Bible in numbers of books sold. Today his ability to create an unstoppable, mesmeric tale - someone famously said about him, "In Harold's books, the pages turn your fingers" - pushes him to the front ranks of pop novelists as new generations discover his awesome power.

Epic and intimate, moving from the icy nighttime streets of the Nazi occupation to the decadent beaches of St. Tropez, from the showrooms of Manhattan to the runways of Paris, Goodbye, Janette is a hypnotically gripping, mythic family saga of the power of blood to bind, to oppress, and finally to set free. Full of the shocking U-turns and unexpected revelations that make Harold Robbins a master storyteller, Goodbye, Janette transports the listener to a chic, dreamlike world where everyone wants an all-access pass...but the penalties for staying may be severe.

Members Reviews:

Dry Mouth

Barbara Rosenblat's swallows can be heard throughout the reading. Although her voice is a good fit for the story, it often sounds like she needs water to eliminate the smacking.

stupid ending

I listened to the whole thing thinking all the gratuitous sex and drug use was leading to something.... I should have known better with a Robbins book. My bad. With that said the narrator was awesome.

Need a shower

Any additional comments?

I had read almost all of Harold Robbins when I was a teenager, I would get them out of the trash after my mom finished. I was excited to see these books on Audible, but this one, was pure trash, I did not like any of the characters and I did not care what happened to them, I think Jeanette's mom died just to get out of the story. This story like some of the others, that Mr. Robbins had written, has no redeeming values

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Title: The Pirate

Author: Harold Robbins

Narrator: David Baker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In a raging sandstorm, two men with their pregnant wives fatefully meet in the desert: Samir Al Fay, a Muslim doctor whose son will be named heir to the Prince of Beirut; and Isaiah Ben Ezra, a grizzled Jewish militant Zionist heading to the Promised Land. The women give birth - Samir's unconscious wife delivers a stillborn girl, Ben Ezra's wife dies delivering a healthy boy.

Transcending their differences, Ben Ezra gives his son to Samir. Only these two men know the truth of the boy's origin, and Samir vows to raise him as his true son - naming him Badyr. Years later, Badyr - now known as "The Pirate" - has become one of the wealthiest and most powerful Arabic entrepreneurs in the Middle East. Educated in the West, Badyr is more western than Arabic - but remains grounded in his perceived heritage and distrustful of Jews.

The Pirate is seemingly invincible, and with his looks, charm, and unending supply of money, no woman can resist him. But two women have power over his fate: one a long-lost love, another obsessed with the search for her missing father. However, it's not just Badyr's heart at risk. A web of political intrigue, corruption and terrorism threatens the business empire he worked to build, and he is drawn into a shadowy world of decadence, passion, and betrayal. Soon Badyr must decide whom he can trust, risking his life, family and fortune in that decision - and finds allies in the most unlikely of places, shocked by the reality he discovers.

From the author of The New York Times number one best-seller The Carpetbaggers comes a compelling tale of decadence, luxury, greed, and international intrigue set against a backdrop of Middle East oil and global terrorism. The Pirate was later adapted into the star-studded CBS miniseries featuring Anne Archer, Eli Wallach, Christopher Lee, Ian McShane, Armand Assante, and more.

Critic Reviews:

"Robbins' characters are compelling, his dialogue is dramatic, and his style is simple and straightforward." (

The LA Times)

Members Reviews:

Cant get into the one dimensional characters

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Well I tried for 20, minutes and really do not like this book. The characters do not seem real and has very boring narration with not enough inflection or pause to realize what you have just heard. It feels rushed and the writing is very immature, with not enough description of the people and places. everything is flat. I don't hear any real feeling. I don't get the plot or the people or anything about it so far. Really not for me. Must return it, sorry. The story "idea" sounded good. Maybe in hardcopy form it is?

Has The Pirate turned you off from other books in this genre?

Yes, kind of.

How could the performance have been better?

Slower with more conversation in "real" sounding language between the characters. The little conversation there is, is very corny.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Pirate?

The scenes are not the problem, besides them moving way too fast, and too many bombarding you all at once. With better writing, pace and narration, they might work?

Narration

Narration was very good

But for people witb no knowledge of french it is difficult to follow

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Title: Adult Onset

Author: Ann-Marie Macdonald

Narrator: Ann-Marie Macdonald

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-16-15

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 33 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Mary Rose MacKinnon is a successful author of YA fiction doing a tour of duty as stay-at-home mom while her partner Hilary takes a turn focusing on her career. She tries valiantly to balance the (mostly) solo parenting of two young children with the relentless needs of her aging parents. But amid the hilarities of full-on domesticity arises a sense of dread. Do others notice the dents in the expensive refrigerator? How long will it take Mary Rose to realize that the car alarm that has been going off all morning is hers, and how on earth did her sharpest pair of scissors wind up in her toddler's hands?

As frustrations mount, she experiences a flare-up of forgotten symptoms of a childhood illness that compel her to rethink her own upbringing and family history. Over the course of one outwardly ordinary week, Mary Rose's world threatens to unravel, and the specter of violence raises its head with dangerous implications for her and her children.

With humor and unerring emotional accuracy, Adult Onset explores the pleasures and pressures of family bonds, powerful and yet so easily twisted and broken. Ann-Marie MacDonald has crafted a searing, terrifying, yet ultimately uplifting story.

Members Reviews:

NEW Narrator needed desperately

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

While the content of this book is good the reading of it is so frantic, so manic and stressful to listen to I had to yank my headphones out and return the audio book. The writer should stick to writing and have someone MELLOW read the book, its unbearable to listen to this!!

Pefectley Relatable

I love a book I will know when it ends, I will for sure listen to it again! This book is so good. The author reading it brings out so much in the book. Really, Really good job.

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Amazing

This book was mesmerizing. At first I found the narration a little annoying but soon became accustomed to the tone , inflection. This story us riveting!

Stay with it!

This is not an easy read. But it is well written and superbly narrated. Go for it!

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Title: Sisters of Heart and Snow

Author: Margaret Dilloway

Narrator: Tandy Cronyn, Amanda Cobb, Meredith Orlow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-07-15

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The award-winning author of How to Be and American Housewife returns with a poignant story of estranged sisters, forced together by family tragedy, who soon learn that sisterhood knows no limits.

Rachel and Drew Snow may be sisters, but their lives have followed completely different paths. Married to a wonderful man and a mother to two strong-minded teens, Rachel hasn't returned to her childhood home since being kicked out by her strict father after an act of careless teenage rebellion. Drew, her younger sister, followed her passion for music but takes side jobs to make ends meet and longs for the stability that has always eluded her. Both sisters recall how close they were, but the distance between them seems more than they can bridge.

When their deferential Japanese mother, Haruki, is diagnosed with dementia and gives Rachel power of attorney, Rachel's domineering father, Killian, becomes enraged. In a rare moment of lucidity, Haruki asks Rachel for a book in her sewing room, and Rachel enlists her sister's help in the search. The book - which tells the tale of real-life female samurai Tomoe Gozen, an epic saga of love, loss, and conflict during 12th-century Japan - reveals truths about Drew and Rachel's relationship that resonate across the centuries, connecting them in ways that turn their differences into assets.

Members Reviews:

Very interesting book

I recently discovered this author and have found her books to be very good. I liked this book a lot. The sisters provided a unique situation to me in many ways as did their Japanese culture. I could relate to their situation in regard to their mother's dementia and the problems they all faced. It was not the happiest of books but it was truthful in my opinion and very real. I hope to read more from this author.

excellent expression of the connection of past and present

This book described how the historical past can weave a connecting thread with the present by sharing family history with present personalities. This can lead to understanding emotional conflict by learning how ancestors resolved similar situations and emotions.

Immersing story about two sisters, learning hiw the past effects current day situations.

I love stories like this, that intertwine modern day times with past history. These two sisters learn about their parents background how what happened with their past effects current day situations. Margaret Dilloway is fascinating in introducing different cultures to us by weaving incredible stories. Let yourself be submerged in this story of how 2 sisters learn about their mother's past, while learning to cope with each other and their difficult father.

Five Stars

Wonderful book with so much information about the Japanese American cultures

Touching

I liked the way the author told the story of the past and the present. It is a beautiful story of complex relationships between daughters and mothers and fathers and children both in the present in the past. I recommend this book. Enjoy!