title: The Translation of Love: A Novel
author: Lynne Kutsukake
description: Beautifully written, this novel examines the complexities of post-World War II Japan for the Japanese and the Americans living there as part of the occupation. The citizens face shortages of food and medical supplies. Discrimination and mistrust are everywhereespecially toward Japanese Americans who have been forced to repatriate, the women who became romantically involved with American soldiers, and the biracial children who resulted from those liaisons. Despite difficulties, the characters find the inner strength and resiliency that they need to survive. Teens will relate to the complex friendship that develops between 13-year-old Aya, who was born in Canada yet was sent "back" to Japan, and her tenacious classmate Fumi, who enlists Aya to write a letter in English to General MacArthur asking for help in finding her missing older sister. Other translators in the novel include the girls' teacher, Sensei Kondo, who supplements his income translating letters, and Corp. Matt Matsumoto, who finds himself haunted by Fumi's letter. Both men appreciate the hope behind each letter and believe their role is to give a voice to those who have none. Readers seeking more in-depth details about this dark period will want to read Charlotte Taylor's The Internment of Japanese Americans and Yoshiko Uchida's Picture Bride. VERDICT An engaging piece of historical fiction highly recommended for leisure reading and to support the history curriculum.Sherry J. Mills, Hazelwood East HS, St. Louis
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  The Book of Love
  
   
  The Book of Love
  The Story of the Kamasutra
   
   
  JAMES M CCONNACHIE
   
   
   
  Metropolitan Books
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  Copyright © 2007 by James McConnachie
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  Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2007 by Atlantic Books,
  London.
   
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
   
  McConnachie, James.
  The book of love : the story of the kamasutra / James McConnachie.—1st
  U.S. ed.
      p. cm.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-8818-2
  ISBN-10: 0-8050-8818-0
  1. Vatsyayana. Kamasutra. 2. Love. 3. Sexual intercourse. I. Title.
  HQ470.S3M33 2008
  
  306.7—dc22
  2007047172
   
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