recently, i borrowed from my sister a story book entitled silent honour by danielle steel. it was the first novel i read in the last 6 years... believe it or not.
a friend asked, what have you been reading this long was when i realised that i was reading what to expect series on pregnancy and parenting (click) these years. not that i have lots of time at my disposal, but i find time here and there to read.
it took me days or rather weeks to complete reading silent honour and i really enjoyed it. the synopsis of the novel: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/danielle-steel/silent-honor.htm
Set against a vivid backdrop of war and change, Silent Honour tells of the triumph of a woman caught between cultures and determined to survive.
In August 1941 Hiroko, eighteen years old and torn between her mother's belief in ancient traditions and her father's passion for modern ideas, leaves Kyoto to come to America for an education. To Hiroko, California is a different world - a world of barbecues, station wagons and college. Her cousins in California have become more American than Japanese - and Hiroko also finds a link between her old and new worlds when she becomes friendly with Peter, her uncle's university assistant.
But on December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese, and within hours, war is declared. Suddenly Hiroko has become an enemy in a foreign land. Terrified, begging to go home, she is ordered by her father to stay. But as the military is empowered to remove the Japanese from their communities, Hiroko and her Californian family end up in the detention centre, where they fight to stay alive amid the drama of life and death in the camp.
This extraordinary novel creates a portrait of human tragedy and strength, divided loyalties and love. Danielle Steel portrays the human cost of that terrible time in history, as well as the remarkable courage of a people whose honour and dignity transcended the chaos that surrounded them. i had always loved reading her works, eversince i was an undergraduate. i admire how she could potray life and the many issues in life like illness, death, loss, family crises, and relationships. she had always made me realise that other people had gone through many sufferings in life and yet, they could rise above it all. reading her works gives me strength to overcome hurdles in life.
I understand that this book is unbelievably old and my review is years late. But either way im gonna say what i have to say. I have read Ms. Steels books and what i can say is that she has captivated me throughout the years.
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