{"product_id":"plum-wine-angela-davis-gardner-9780299211608","title":"Plum Wine","description":"\u003cp\u003e Barbara Jefferson, a young American teaching in Tokyo in the 1960s, is set on a life-changing quest when her Japanese surrogate mother, Michi, dies, leaving her a tansu of homemade plum wines wrapped in rice paper. Within the papers Barbara discovers writings in Japanese calligraphy that comprise a startling personal narrative. With the help of her translator, Seiji Okada, Barbara begins to unravel the mysteries of Michi's life, a story that begins in the early twentieth century and continues through World War II and its aftermath.\u003cbr\u003e As Barbara and Seiji translate the plum wine papers they form an intimate bond, with Michi a ghostly third in what becomes an increasingly uneasy triangle. Barbara is deeply affected by the revelation that Michi and Seiji are hibakusha, survivors of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, and even harder for her to understand are the devastating psychological effects wrought by war. \u003ci\u003ePlum Wine\u003c\/i\u003e examines human relationships, cultural differences, and the irreparable consequences of war in a story that is both original and timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2007 A Notable Fiction Book of 2007, selected by the Kiriyama Prize Committee Winner, Fiction Award, Southern Independent Bookstore Alliance Notable Fiction, Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Davis-Gardner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299211606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299211608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.38w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2006 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2006 pg. 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/27\/2006 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 March 2006\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2006 pg. 1","brand":"Angela Davis-Gardner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080257990911,"sku":"9780299211608","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9601c59b-d1ee-4898-b2d7-dd2595fd3028.jpg?v=1685485806","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plum-wine-angela-davis-gardner-9780299211608","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}