The Japanese Lover By Isabel Allende Material:Soft Cover I was a mute captive

I was a mute captive who wished for death

providing readers with the tools necessary to understand and cultivate the friendships in their own lives

The two girls quickly become best friends and together they imagine a world not torn apart by civil war

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but there's life in the great beast yet

The Japanese Lover By Isabel Allende Material:Soft Cover I was a mute captiveIn 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family's Japanese gardener. Unnoticed by those around them, a tender love affair begins to blossom. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are