✍ Scribed by James A. Michener
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From a great master of historical fiction comes a brilliant tale of love amid war. James A. Michener combines powerful storytelling with gentle sensitivity in this novel of a U.S. army man who falls for a fascinating Japanese woman against all odds. Major Lloyd Gruver considers himself lucky. The son of an army general, dating the daughter of another powerful military family, his future looks impossibly bright. Stationed in beautiful, exotic Japan, he just can't understand guys like Private Joe Kelly, who throws away his life in the States by marrying one of the local girls. Then Lloyd meets Hana-ogi. After that, nothing matters anymore . . . nothing but her.
Praise for James A. Michener
"A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon."--The Wall Street Journal
"Sentence for sentence, writing's fastest attention grabber."--The New York Times
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