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SUMMARY:The Color of Air
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LOCATION:6599 Jaguar Dr\nSanta Fe NM 87507
ROOM: Southside Library Café Room
DESCRIPTION:Join librarian Samuel for a discussion of Gail Tsukiyama'
 s The Color of Air and the history of Japanese Americans in Hawai'i.Â
   Drawing on historical research and on personal family history, Samuel wi
 ll contextualize Tsukiyama's novel of a Japanese American community i
 n and around 1930's Hilo.The Color of AirFrom the New York Times best
 selling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a 
 gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family s
 et against the backdrop of Hawai'i's sugar plantations. Daniel A
 be, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He 
 has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to r
 evisit the past, unlike his Uncle Koji. Koji lives with the memories of Da
 niel's mother, Mariko, the love of his life, and the scars of a life 
 hard-lived. He can't wait to see Daniel, who he's always thought
  of as a son, but he knows the time has come to tell him the truth about h
 is mother, and his father. But Daniel's arrival coincides with the aw
 akening of the Mauna Loa volcano, and its dangerous path toward their vill
 age stirs both new and long ago passions in their community. Alternating b
 etween past and present--from the day of the volcano eruption in 1935 to d
 ecades prior--The Color of Air interweaves the stories of Daniel, Koji, an
 d Mariko to create a rich, vibrant, bittersweet chorus that celebrates the
 ir lifelong bond to one other and to their immigrant community. As Mauna L
 oa threatens their lives and livelihoods, it also unearths long held secre
 ts simmering below the surface that meld past and present, revealing a pat
 h forward for them all. Free copies are available for give away at the So
 uthside Reference Desk while supplies last! For accommodations such as tr
 anslations, ASL interpreters, or disability needs, please email library@sa
 ntafenm.gov or call the Library.
URL:https://www.santafelibrary.org/event/Color-of-Air
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