β Scribed by Gail Tsukiyama
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From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofWomen of the SilkandThe Samurai's Gardencomes a gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family set against the backdrop of Hawaiβi's sugar plantations.
Daniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike his Uncle Koji. Koji lives with the memories of Danielβs mother, Mariko, the love of his life, and the scars of a life hard-lived. He canβt wait to see Daniel, who heβs always thought of as a son, but he knows the time has come to tell him the truth about his mother, and his father. But Danielβs arrival coincides with the awakening of the Mauna Loa volcano, and its dangerous path toward their village stirs both new and long ago passions in their community.
Alternating between past and presentβfrom the day of the volcano eruption in 1935 to decades priorβThe Color of Airinterweaves the stories of Daniel, Koji, and Mariko to create a rich, vibrant, bittersweet chorus that celebrates their lifelong bond to one other and to their immigrant community. As Mauna Loa threatens their lives and livelihoods, it also unearths long held secrets simmering below the surface that meld past and present, revealing a path forward for them all.
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