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The Turtle House
by Amanda Churchill
4.5⭐️
The Turtle House is a beautiful dual-timeline tale, full of love and loss and self-discovery and complicated family dynamics. The first storyline centers around Mineko in 1940s and 50s Japan, and the second, in Texas in the late 1990s, is built around Lia, as well as her relationship with Mineko, her grandmother. I found the former more compelling, built as it was around issues of war and the immigrant experience and abuse and inequality- and love and the titular turtle house as well. The latter thread took quite awhile to become more than mere support to the former, but it did develop into something more in the end. It also helped to show the similarities and differences between Mineko and Lia’s experiences- and just how much has changed over time for women - and how much hasn’t.
What a lovely and poignant tale.
Thank you Amanda Churchill, Harper, and NetGalley for providing this ARC for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own.
The Turtle House is a beautiful dual-timeline tale, full of love and loss and self-discovery and complicated family dynamics. The first storyline centers around Mineko in 1940s and 50s Japan, and the second, in Texas in the late 1990s, is built around Lia, as well as her relationship with Mineko, her grandmother. I found the former more compelling, built as it was around issues of war and the immigrant experience and abuse and inequality- and love and the titular turtle house as well. The latter thread took quite awhile to become more than mere support to the former, but it did develop into something more in the end. It also helped to show the similarities and differences between Mineko and Lia’s experiences- and just how much has changed over time for women - and how much hasn’t.
What a lovely and poignant tale.
Thank you Amanda Churchill, Harper, and NetGalley for providing this ARC for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own.