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Fifty Words for Rain
by Asha Lemmie
“If a woman knows nothing else, she should know how to be silent. Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist.”
That is the advice eight year old Noriko (Nori) receives from her mother, Seiko Kamiza who then promptly abandons her outside the grand estate of Seiko’s parents, the Kamizas.
Linked to the Japanese imperial family by blood, they take Nori in but as she is an illegitimate child of their only daughter, they consider her a stain on the family honor and keep her confined to the attic in an attempt to avoid her brown skin or even her existence raising questions in their society.
Nori bears bleach baths to lighten her skin and all the other punishments meted out to her by her grandmother meekly but continues to hope that one day her mother would come back for her.
When Akira, the legitimate half-brother of Nori, comes to live at the Kamiza Mansion things begin to finally look up for Nori.
Akira objects to her mistreatment and makes sure Nori is treated with respect.
However, this bond between the siblings becomes unbearable to their tyrannical grandparents who plot to get rid of Nori.
This was an compulsive page-turner that kept me hooked right to the end but be warned that it is a very depressing read.
The pain and hardships the protagonist goes through over and over again was very overwhelming to read and frankly felt melodramatic and far fetched.
The high expectations the story set at the beginning were totally demolished for me by the end, which came across as rushed and a bit nonsensical.
Overall a decent read that has an unusual premise.
That is the advice eight year old Noriko (Nori) receives from her mother, Seiko Kamiza who then promptly abandons her outside the grand estate of Seiko’s parents, the Kamizas.
Linked to the Japanese imperial family by blood, they take Nori in but as she is an illegitimate child of their only daughter, they consider her a stain on the family honor and keep her confined to the attic in an attempt to avoid her brown skin or even her existence raising questions in their society.
Nori bears bleach baths to lighten her skin and all the other punishments meted out to her by her grandmother meekly but continues to hope that one day her mother would come back for her.
When Akira, the legitimate half-brother of Nori, comes to live at the Kamiza Mansion things begin to finally look up for Nori.
Akira objects to her mistreatment and makes sure Nori is treated with respect.
However, this bond between the siblings becomes unbearable to their tyrannical grandparents who plot to get rid of Nori.
This was an compulsive page-turner that kept me hooked right to the end but be warned that it is a very depressing read.
The pain and hardships the protagonist goes through over and over again was very overwhelming to read and frankly felt melodramatic and far fetched.
The high expectations the story set at the beginning were totally demolished for me by the end, which came across as rushed and a bit nonsensical.
Overall a decent read that has an unusual premise.