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Shadow Child
Shadow Child | Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
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For fans of Tayari Jones and Ruth Ozeki, from National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Rizzuto comes a haunting and suspenseful literary tale set in 1970s New York City and World War II-era Japan, about three strong women, the dangerous ties of family and identity, and the long shadow our histories can cast. Twin sisters Hana and Kei grew up in a tiny Hawaiian town in the 1950s and 1960s, so close they shared the same nickname. Raised in dreamlike isolation by their loving but unstable mother, they were fatherless, mixed-race, and utterly inseparable, devoted to one another. But when their cherished threesome with Mama is broken, and then further shattered by a violent, nearly fatal betrayal that neither young woman can forgive, it seems their bond may be severed forever--until, six years later, Kei arrives on Hana's lonely Manhattan doorstep with a secret that will change everything. Told in interwoven narratives that glide seamlessly between the gritty streets of New York, the lush and dangerous landscape of Hawaii, and the horrors of the Japanese internment camps and the bombing of Hiroshima, SHADOW CHILD is set against an epic sweep of history. Volcanos, tsunamis, abandonment, racism, and war form the urgent, unforgettable backdrop of this intimate, evocative, and deeply moving story of motherhood, sisterhood, and second chances.
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Bindrosbookshelf
Shadow Child | Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
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Book 1 done ✅
This one was tough, with a historical thread of a young woman caught up in the evacuation from America to Japan and how she ends up just surviving Hiroshima. Mix in a twin sister all consuming relationship, memories, an attack and a tragic event with lasting scars and you have a book with broken women who at their heart survive and love with everything they have #Readathon #anzreadathon

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Bindrosbookshelf
Shadow Child | Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
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I am now going to sleep after getting almost two hours in of reading. It‘s 12.30am and I‘m tapping out. Goodnight all 🙋‍♀️

This was a reading situation an hour ago, tucked between my two favourites #readathonpets #currentlyreading #Readathon #anzreadathon

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Bindrosbookshelf
Shadow Child | Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
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My last minute TBR for the #readathon as I totally forgot that it was on this weekend!

I posted about it too, my first blog post in awhile: bit.ly/2q229yA
#anzreadathon #bindrosbookshelf

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whatsthEStorey
Shadow Child | Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
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erzascarletbookgasm Oh, my groaning TBR! 6y
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EliNeedsMoreShelves
Shadow Child | Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
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Day two - Published in 2018. This was an impulse grab at the library, a twisty tale about sisters, which I am always up for. #readingwomenmonth #readingwomenchallenge #daytwo #IHaveALibraryProblem

Weaponxgirl I'm so behind on this years releases, this looks great 6y
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kate_reads
Shadow Child | Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
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Beautiful cover is beautiful 🤩 #bookmail

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Purrsistently
Shadow Child | Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
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Mehso-so

I don‘t think I‘m particularly squeamish but this really disturbed me. It was well written but not *enjoyed* by me.

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Purrsistently
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Excited to start this!

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ErikasMindfulShelf
Shadow Child | Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
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Surprise book mail!!

Bry Looks good! 6y
EKonrad She was actually a faculty member at my writing program for grad school. Brilliant lady! 😊 6y
BookNAround Gorgeous cover! 6y
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sprainedbrain
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I really needed to finish this today and do the review for BOTM Readers Committee, so I got it done. Who needs sleep? 🤪

This book was slow in parts, and took me a few chapters to get in to, but overall I really liked it. The story of twin sisters with a very complicated relationship, interwoven with their mother‘s story as a Japanese-American during WWII. Very well written, but not a feel-good story at all.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Valink What‘s the BOTM Readers Committee? 6y
sprainedbrain @Valink every once in a while, Book of the Month gives me a chance to read and review a book of their choosing. My understanding is that they use these reviews to help pick future BOTM selections. 6y
Valink Ah, that‘s cool! 6y
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ErikasMindfulShelf @sprainedbrain Do you get emails to review books every month? I did it two months in a row and then they stopped. 6y
sprainedbrain @irre no, I‘ve never gotten it two months in a row. I got one back in October and then again in January. 6y
ErikasMindfulShelf Good to know. I thought I did something wrong (didn‘t care much for either of the two books I read) Maybe I‘ll get another chance eventually. 6y
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