Barbara Jefferson, a young American teaching in Tokyo in the 1960s, is set on a life-changing quest when her Japanese surrogate mother, Michi, dies, leaving her a tansu of homemade plum wines wrapped in rice paper. Within the papers, Barbara discovers writings in Japanese calligraphy that comprise a startling personal narrative. With the help of ...
Out of print for more than a decade, and now available in paperback for the first time, "Forms of Shelter" follows Beryl Fonteyn as she observes the ordinary lives around her. But in one irrevocable moment, Beryls family home is torn apart forever.
Davis-Gardners novel, called beautiful, sophisticated, sensual and rare by the "Los Angeles Times Book Review," is back in print after more than a decade.
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