The Japanese Lover

Fiction
Written By Meighan
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By Isabel Allende

This book grabbed me because it is set in the Sea Cliff neighborhood of San Francisco and I am a sucker for books set in my hometown. It begins in the 1940s but carries you into the 1980s, which is my San Francisco. It takes you from the prejudices of WWII and Japanese internment camps through the difficult days of a mystery illness sweeping through the San Francisco gay community in the early 1980s. In both eras exist social stresses that lead to a lot of pain for and poor choices by the characters.

Meighan

I write short, pithy, book recommendations for family and friends. My best life is comprised of my husband, my boys, my books, a quiet place, a comfortable chair, a cocktail on my side table, and a Vizsla in my lap.

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