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Title: As delicate as a bird's wing
Review: Sophie and the Rising Sun by Augusta Trobaugh is an exquisitely told tale set in a small Georgia town, complete with the standard righteous town busybody and all the prejudices of small towns in the Deep South in the early 1940s. Mr. Oto, a "foreign" man, arrives half-starved and becomes Miss Anne's "Chinese" gardener. Mr. Oto and Sophie, a "real lady" who never had a chance at love, slowly develop a relationship as delicate and beautiful as the bird's wing in the Japanese folk tale that is skillfully woven into the story, blending truth, dream, and fantasy. The bombing of Pearl Harbor enrages the town, forcing Miss Anne and Sophie to making fateful decisions in their attempts to protect Mr. Oto. The book is a quick, pleasant read that gives the the reader a look into a different world through sympathetic eyes. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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