The Woman in the White Kimono, Ana Johns
The Woman in the White Kimono, Ana Johns
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The Woman in the White Kimono

Author: Ana Johns

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller, Lauren Ezzo

Unabridged: 11 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/28/2019


Synopsis

Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them.

Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage to the son of her father’s business associate would secure her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another man—an American sailor, a gaijin—and to marry him would bring great shame upon her entire family. When it’s learned Naoko carries the sailor’s child, she’s cast out in disgrace and forced to make unimaginable choices with consequences that will ripple across generations.

America, present day. Tori Kovac, caring for her dying father, finds a letter containing a shocking revelation—one that calls into question everything she understood about him, her family and herself. Setting out to learn the truth behind the letter, Tori’s journey leads her halfway around the world to a remote seaside village in Japan, where she must confront the demons of the past to pave a way for redemption.

In breathtaking prose and inspired by true stories from a devastating and little-known era in Japanese and American history, The Woman in the White Kimono illuminates a searing portrait of one woman torn between her culture and her heart, and another woman on a journey to discover the true meaning of home.

About Ana Johns

ANA JOHNS worked over twenty years in the creative arts field, as both a creative director and business owner, before turning her hand to fiction. Born and raised in metro Detroit, she now resides in Indianapolis with her family. The Woman in the White Kimono is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on May 27, 2019

A beautifully-told work of historical fiction! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ The Woman in the White Kimono is told in two timelines. The first is Japan in the 1950s. Naoko Nakamura’s arranged marriage to the son of a friend of her father’s is important to reinforce the status of her family in the community; however,......more

Goodreads review by DJ on June 16, 2019

Favorite Quotes: Each step I took brought me closer to my future and farther away from my family. It was a contrast of extremes in every sense, but I had somehow found my place between them. That was what Buddha called the middle way. The correct balance of life. I called it happy. A life with love i......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on June 17, 2019

I received an ARC of this book for free from TLC Book Tours as part of a review tour. This was such a heartbreaking read! It was sad, yet beautifully written. This book has dual storylines, but I loved that the author really let the historical story shine! Naoko’s story was the more interesting of t......more

Goodreads review by J.C. on February 18, 2021

I've seen Woman in the White Kimono compared to Memoirs of a Geisha. I've read both. As someone who has lived in Japan, married to a Japanese, and watches plenty of Japanese TV, my personal opinion is that Woman in the White Kimono is so much better. The meticulous research that went into the time per......more