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A review by abaugher
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
5.0
This was just as someone described it to me--short but powerful and moving.
The story is about young Japanese women were bought as brides by Japanese men already living in America in the early 1900's.
The point of view is an extraordinary collective one of all the women who came over, so beautifully written one cannot help but feel the strong cultural connection between them all and their shared experiences of coming to a strange land and all their struggles in adjusting to their new husbands, lives, work, and children. And then, World War II happens, and it is never told in the story where exactly they all go when they are uprooted form the homes that they have carved out over the decades.
This is the second book in this story, the first being When The Emperor Was Divine, and seems to be able to be read without needing to read the other one first, although I can imagine that it makes a more comprehensive story about these women and their lives.
The story is about young Japanese women were bought as brides by Japanese men already living in America in the early 1900's.
The point of view is an extraordinary collective one of all the women who came over, so beautifully written one cannot help but feel the strong cultural connection between them all and their shared experiences of coming to a strange land and all their struggles in adjusting to their new husbands, lives, work, and children. And then, World War II happens, and it is never told in the story where exactly they all go when they are uprooted form the homes that they have carved out over the decades.
This is the second book in this story, the first being When The Emperor Was Divine, and seems to be able to be read without needing to read the other one first, although I can imagine that it makes a more comprehensive story about these women and their lives.