![]() This aspect of the book shines as the most essential part of the story, and it is made that much more stronger by our ability to empathize with Beccah's struggles through childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. But for me, the strongest narrative element is the relationship between Beccah and her mother. The author is also skilled at examining what happens to bodies and their spirits when faced with these terrible incidences. The author uses it skillfully to examine issue of trauma, the meanings of names and the systematic violence that occurs when a culture is dominated by an outside force. The issue of history is certainly important in this book, and provides it with a very unique backdrop. The issue of the enslavement of Korean women to service Japanese soldiers during the war is at once a catalyst, a terrible haunting force, and the barrier to a better understanding of family lineage. ![]() ![]() The comfort women issue-perhaps one of the most contentious and controversial subjects in Japanese-Korean relations-is the backdrop of this amazing novel. ![]() A Book that is about Far More than just History ![]()
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