A Bridge Between Us
By Julie ShigekuniFour generations of Japanese-American women make their home in a large house in San Francisco, united by the obligations of family and tradition and, perhaps, by love. In alternating chapters, Reiko, Rio, Tomoe and Nomi Hito speak with unflinching honesty about the secrets that have separated mother from daughter - and the fierce ties of intimacy that form an inextricable bridge between them.Matriarch Reiko Hito's forbidding, imperious manner masks the gentle, life-sustaining memories she cherishes of her loving immigrant father and the magical stories he told her about the mother she never knew. Rio, Reiko's daughter, briefly finds the love denied her by her mother in the unlikely setting of a relocation camp during World War II. When her hope for happiness is destroyed by a deception she will understand only years later, Rio retreats into a convenient, passionless marriage. Tomoe, joining the Hito family as a young bride, faithfully honors the Japanese custom of caring for her husband's grandmother Reiko and his parents, Rio and Tadashi; even when she becomes an independent, working woman, she remains enmeshed in the demands, spoken and unspoken, of the older generations and of Nomi, her own daughter. Nomi, eager to escape both the reality and fantasies suffocating her family, journeys alone to Japan. Only upon her return from this visit to the home of her ancestors can she finally face the secrets that bind her family together.
Book details
- Hardcover
- 253 pages
- English
- 0385476787
- 9780385476782
About Julie Shigekuni
More Books By Julie Shigekuni
People who bought this also bought
The Complete Dog Book: The Photograph, History, and Official Standard of Every Breed Admitted to AKC Registration, and the Selection, Training, Breeding, Care, and Feeding of Pure-bred Dogs
Like New
Money-Winning Scholarship Essays and Interviews: Insider Strategies from Judges and Winners
Used Book
How to Become Happily Employed: A Simple Guide to the Nitty Gritty of finding the Job That is Right for You
Used Book
Secrets of Jesus' Touch : Ten Keys to Unlocking the Power of God in Your Relationships
Used Book
Forbes Richest People: The Forbes Annual Profile of the World's Wealthiest Men and Women
Used Book
The Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia's Most Brutal Serial Killer
Used Book
Mwakenya : The Unfinished Revolution: Selected Documents of the Mwakenya - December Twelve Movement (1974-2002)
New Book
The Baby Name Survey Book: What People Think about Your Baby's Name
Used Book
Crisis Investing: Opportunities and Profits in the Coming Great Depression
Used Book
Called To Rise : A Life In Faithful Service To The Community That Made Me
Used Book