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Summary: Heidi's Review
Review: I loved this book and would recommend it for anyone who wants to learn about the different racial struggles our counrty has gone through. I got so caught up in the story I forgot how much history I was learning. I would encourage everyone to read it just for the history background and hopefully you will learn just as much about yourself as I did.
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Summary: Heidi's Review
Review: I loved this book and would recommend it for anyone who wants to learn about the different racial struggles our counrty has gone through. I got so caught up in the story I forgot how much history I was learning. I would encourage everyone to read it just for the history background and hopefully you will learn just as much about yourself as I did.
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Summary: Don't read it cause its Christian
Review: I picked this book up in my library and it is by far and away the best book I have read in a long, long time. I read a wide variety of fiction, legal thrillers, suspense, etc...This book blew me away. I could not put it down and cried my way thru it.Even if you dont' think Christian fiction is your thing, I think that this wonderful book, told a story that was beautifully written, with a wonderful message, but without being "preachy" as some other Christian fiction has a tendency to be. Don't read it because its a Christian novel, read it because its a wonderful story. To
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Summary: Don't read it cause its Christian
Review: I picked this book up in my library and it is by far and away the best book I have read in a long, long time. I read a wide variety of fiction, legal thrillers, suspense, etc...This book blew me away. I could not put it down and cried my way thru it. Even if you dont' think Christian fiction is your thing, I think that this wonderful book, told a story that was beautifully written, with a wonderful message, but without being "preachy" as some other Christian fiction has a tendency to be. Don't read it because its a Christian novel, read it because its a wonderful story. To
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Summary: A thought-provoking novel
Review: I picked up this novel by Ann Tatlock after I saw that it won a Christy Award. Now I understand why. The writing was deep and thoughtful, the plot was extensive, following two young girls on a journey to overcome racism over a period of thirty years. If you like books that you can read slowly, pondering the vivid descriptions and feeling a part of the characters' lives, you'll enjoy this book.
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Summary: Story of forgiveness
Review: This book covers two different eras of racial discrimination. When we meet Augie, it's just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Neglected at home, Augie is "adopted" by an American Japanese family. Life is wonderful -- until the Japanese are sent to the camps and Augie loses the family that truely cares about her. Many years later, in the midst of racism against African Americans in the south, Augie and her Japanese "sister" meet once again and together fight against racism.
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Summary: Story of forgiveness
Review: This book covers two different eras of racial discrimination. When we meet Augie, it's just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Neglected at home, Augie is "adopted" by an American Japanese family. Life is wonderful -- until the Japanese are sent to the camps and Augie loses the family that truely cares about her. Many years later, in the midst of racism against African Americans in the south, Augie and her Japanese "sister" meet once again and together fight against racism.
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Summary: Quality fiction writing at its best
Review: This is an incredible book with layer upon layer of story. It follows the life of Augusta Callahan, from her childhood experiences with her "adoptive" Japanese family to her involvement in civil rights in 1965 Mississippi. The injustice of the WWII Japanese internment camps is juxtaposed with the grievous treatement of African-Americans in the 1960's South. In the midst of this, we see how Augie's experiences and encounters are molding and shaping her. The quality of Ann Tatlock's writing is top-notch, creating a very readable and absorbing story--written so beautifully that the reader stops to savor the words and phrases themselves. Well worth the cost, you won't want to put this book down and you won't be able to get your mind off it weeks after you have read the end.
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Summary: Moving Historical Novel
Review: This is such a great story! I had just finished "Farewell to Manzanar" when I read this book and learned more about the treatment of Japanese Americans during the war through the eyes of a young girl. The story did not get bogged down in war and politics though. The most intriguing aspect was the desire of the caucasian girl to be part of the Japanese family based on internal emotions and the challenge of the Japanese family to be accepted as Americans based on their external features. If only man were able to look at the heart the way God does! This is an inspirational story of belonging and the adverse treatment of "enemy" culture during the war.
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Summary: Moving Historical Novel
Review: This is such a great story! I had just finished "Farewell to Manzanar" when I read this book and learned more about the treatment of Japanese Americans during the war through the eyes of a young girl. The story did not get bogged down in war and politics though. The most intriguing aspect was the desire of the caucasian girl to be part of the Japanese family based on internal emotions and the challenge of the Japanese family to be accepted as Americans based on their external features. If only man were able to look at the heart the way God does! This is an inspirational story of belonging and the adverse treatment of "enemy" culture during the war.
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