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3⭐️ Lily has never been open about her past. In fact, she denies she was ever in an internment camp during WW2. Several decades later Lily is missing & her daughter Rita must dig deep into her family's past to find her. She discovers there's much more to Lily's story—and consequently, her own. Is it better to forget or does remembering make us whole? After the Bloom is about the things we do to survive and the things we do to live with ourselves.

So I'm reading this one and I have the red (not final) cover with the face on it. My kids saw it and asked why I was reading a bad YA novel. Obviously changing the cover to the lovely muted option was a good idea!

I fairly tore through this one in a couple of sittings! #canlit

Okay -not too shabby in the #Litsyatoz department. I still have 15 letters to go though. I've completed: A, B, C, G, H, I, N, P, S, T, W. Book titles in comments.

Just in from the library...
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This book was ok. Character and world development could have been stronger. I was never overly invested in any of the characters. I would really only recommend this to people who really love historical fiction, and are interested in a story about Japanese-American Internment camps.

Started this one this morning from Netgalley!

It offers very intimate and thought-provoking insight into the psyche of post-WWII internment survivors as well as the effects on their children & the raising of their children. It's intellectual & emotional. But it's dishearteningly boring & lethargic, which makes it very challenging to stay interested or connect with any of the characters. 2/5.
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