The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted, multigenerational love story.
In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco's parents send her overseas to live with an aunt and uncle in their opulent San Francisco mansion. There she meets Ichimei Fukuda, the son of the family's Japanese gardener, and between them a tender love blossoms, but following Pearl Harbor the two are cruelly pulled apart. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love they are forever forced to hide from the world.
Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to reconcile her own troubled past, meets the older woman and her grandson, Seth, at Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, and learn about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years.
Format: Paperback | 336 pages
Dimensions (cm): 2.5 x 19.8 x 13 | 312g
Publication Date: 01 Jan 2017
Publisher: Scribner UK
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN10: 1471152197
ISBN13: 9781471152191
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including minor scuff marks and creasing, but no holes or tears. Binding is slightly bent. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. Still a good, clean, solid and readable copy.