Color of the Sea by John Hideyo Hamamura [in Christian Science Monitor]
23 May, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Japanese American, Repost
A few cheesy, overwritten scenes aside, this is one stunning debut novel that will make you weak in the knees. Sam Hamada, U.S.-born but raised in Japan, arrives at age 9 in Hawai‘i in 1930 to...