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[Sarah Bird] È Above the East China Sea ✓ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Above the East China Sea A Seattle Times Best Book of the Year Okinawa, present day: Luz, a teenage military brat, has moved to the island’s U.S. Air Force base with her mother, a no-nonsense sergeant. Above the East China Sea tells the entwined stories of two lives connected across time by the shared experience of loss, the strength of an ancient culture, and the power of family love.. Luz’s mother hopes that the move will reconnect them with the Okinawan branch of their family&mda
| Title | : | Above the East China Sea |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.23 (727 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1101873868 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-09 |
| Language | : | English |
Bird, whose other novels include the well-received Yokota Officers Club (2001), has delivered a multilayered and utterly involving work with plenty of grist for book discussions. Luz’s voice convincingly captures a smart but troubled contemporary teen, while Tamiko’s voice reflects her place in a very different culture. --Mary Ellen Quinn . Links between the two girls, hinted at early on, crystallize as Luz’s quest to learn more about her ancestors takes her deeper into the past and into the traditions that still exert a hold on daily Okinawan life. Bird uses distinct voices to weave her narrative. From Booklist *Starred Review* Obon, the Buddhist festival of the
World Grace I read this as a book cllub choice. I am so glad I did. If flipping time period in books may bother you at first . The older time period is Okinaway just efore the 1945 just before the American invasion, And the current time frame is an American teen ager , military dependent whose mother is stationed at Kadena. It is a beautiful , historic novel well researched. A Spiritual journey story, not overwhelmi. Sandra J. Smith said I'm glad I continued. For the first few chapters I was ambivalent about this book, and might have stopped reading if it were not for a book club. I'm glad I continued. The two stories are woven together in an interesting way, and the descriptions of life on Okinawa during WWII are vivid and haunting. I will definitely read more by this author.. okapi said A matter ofs tasteA matter ofs taste4! okapi I read this book on the recommendation of family members who LOVED it. I did not love it like they did. It was okay and the character development was good but overall it was not a favorite.. !. I read this book on the recommendation of family members who LOVED it. I did not love it like they did. It was okay and the character development was good but overall it was not a favorite.
She grew up on air force bases around the world and now makes her home in Austin, Texas. Sarah Bird, winner of the 2014 Texas Writer Award and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great Writers pick, is the author of The Yokota Officers Club and eight other novels. She is a columnist for Texas Monthly and has contributed
A Seattle Times Best Book of the Year Okinawa, present day: Luz, a teenage military brat, has moved to the island’s U.S. Air Force base with her mother, a no-nonsense sergeant. Above the East China Sea tells the entwined stories of two lives connected across time by the shared experience of loss, the strength of an ancient culture, and the power of family love.. Luz’s mother hopes that the move will reconnect them with the Okinawan branch of their family—and help them heal from the death of Luz’s beloved older sister. This is an island where departed spirits mingle with the living, and interwoven with Luz’s narrative is the story of an Okinawan girl, Tamiko Kokuba, who in 1945 was plucked from her high school and trained to work in the Imperial Army’s horrific cave hospitals. Both of these extrao
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