About this title: A literary saga, spanning two generations and two cultures, Canadian and Japanese, reminiscent in writing style and appeal to the work of Isabel Allende. Suddenly finding herself motherless at the age of six, Vera is left in the care of her grandfather, who spends long periods away at sea, leaving her alone back in Vancouver. When she reaches her teens, Vera is taken by her grandfather's mistress to a small island in Japan. After years of loneliness, she finds a place where she can feel comfortable. The women of the island take her in and she learns to dive for pearls. Immersed in her ...
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Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
Date Published: 2005
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Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
Date Published: 2005
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Date Published: 2005
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2005
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Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
Date Published: 06/06/2005
ISBN-13:9780007180394ISBN:000718039X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
Date Published: 06/06/2005
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