It gives three or four pages of a “slice of life” type of story and then whisks you a way to a completely different time and place. This is subjective to me, and anyone familiar with me and my review style will understand this, but this is a short read, which means you can finish it quickly and go on to the next shiny book! I devoured it in maybe ninety minutes start to finish, and it really isn’t that difficult of a read.Īccording to some other reviews I’ve seen of this book, the writing style can get rather annoying. This time in history, which is often sensationalized in the media, is given the proper respect and care by the author, rather than “she just took advantage of this thing to make a quick buck.” Personal accounts really help you to feel what these people were feeling at the time, and it’s quite accurate to what actually went down in that period of American history. This book gives a firsthand account of the Japanese-American experience during WWII and the internment camps. I give it 4/5 stars.Īs always, here are three good things and three not-so-good things about this book.

I am especially interested in Asian American history, which is why he thought I would like it. This book was recommended to me by one of my professors at university and I really enjoyed it.

The Buddha in the Attic is a historical fiction novel by Julie Otsuka, focusing on the experiences of the Japanese-American women who came to the US during WWII to be mail-order brides for (what I assume are) Japanese men.

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