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Himawari House
by Harmony Becker
Most graphic novels you pick and sail through and are done in an hour. This is one I read over many days and wanted to reread. This is the story of a Japanese girl who loses her sense of identity when she moves to the US and assimilates to fit in. This is about her taking a gap year in Japan and regaining her cultural and linguistic identity, and coming to terms with what her bicultural identity means. She lives in a home with other students, notably a Korean girl and a girl from Singapore. Told in a series of vignettes that alternate viewpoints and go back and forth in time, there is a lot to keep track of here, especially with the text that is written deliberately to show each accent as each character struggles or doesn’t to speak in a variety of languages to communicate. Ultimately, this book is about seeking connection: to your family, your heritage, to friends, and to lovers.
This will appeal to people seeking character driven books, who like alternating points of view, and who really appreciate a deep look at intercultural connection and the feelings of deep loneliness and not fitting in paired with finding a support network that is by design short term. It will appeal to people interested in language and cultural exchange, and to anyone who has ever felt lost in a mixed identity.
This will appeal to people seeking character driven books, who like alternating points of view, and who really appreciate a deep look at intercultural connection and the feelings of deep loneliness and not fitting in paired with finding a support network that is by design short term. It will appeal to people interested in language and cultural exchange, and to anyone who has ever felt lost in a mixed identity.