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A review by ljrinaldi
All the Ways Home by Elsie Chapman
5.0
There is something so good about reading a book, set in a time in place, that shows the author knows what they are writing about.
Kaede means maple in Japanese. You don't need to know this. You don't need to know that "Nothings Carved in Stone" is a real musical group. You don't need to know the areas of Tokyo either.
Kaede is in Japan because his mother died. Kaede is in Japan because his father abandoned him, and he is hoping to reconnect with him while he is here. Kaede is in Japan because he is moorless, his sails flapping in the wind, no idea which way to go with his life.
Kaede has questions he wants answers to. He calls it is box of questions, but the main one is why his dad abandoned them. And not only abandoned him, but abandoned his half brother who he is staying with while he waits for his father to make an appearance.
The descriptions of Tokyo are wonderful, as are what is written about Osaka. While it is not a travel book, the travel that does happen is realistic, and real.
I love well researched books, and this definitely one such one.
And the story is good as well, as it tears at your heart.
Kaede means maple in Japanese. You don't need to know this. You don't need to know that "Nothings Carved in Stone" is a real musical group. You don't need to know the areas of Tokyo either.
Kaede is in Japan because his mother died. Kaede is in Japan because his father abandoned him, and he is hoping to reconnect with him while he is here. Kaede is in Japan because he is moorless, his sails flapping in the wind, no idea which way to go with his life.
Kaede has questions he wants answers to. He calls it is box of questions, but the main one is why his dad abandoned them. And not only abandoned him, but abandoned his half brother who he is staying with while he waits for his father to make an appearance.
The descriptions of Tokyo are wonderful, as are what is written about Osaka. While it is not a travel book, the travel that does happen is realistic, and real.
I love well researched books, and this definitely one such one.
And the story is good as well, as it tears at your heart.