Claire B. reviewed on 3/30/2014 + 29 more book reviews

As someone who loves reading about Japan, and was interested in Ellis Avery, I thought this book would be perfect. In some ways, it is: informative passages about Japan, descriptions of the meditative quality of the tea ceremony, and insights into family dynamics. In other ways, it's not: the heavy emphasis on the main character's out-of-placeness, her often strange behavior, and the lack of fleshed-out male characters. I did enjoy the larger arc about lesbian life, but not the misplaced longing for someone she had grown up with as a sister.
If you're interested in a story about a foreigner living in Japan, I recommend The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd.

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