The Woman in the White Kimono

De: Ana Johns

Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller, Lauren Ezzo

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.

great read

I couldn't put it down. beautiful story!! I could visualize while listening and found the story to be very emotional...

Good story bad narration

The story was good but the ‘male’ voices were irritating & embarrassing. Listen to this book if you can ignore the narration.

A Story with History

Having lived in Yokosuka for a year so much of this story resonated with me and I knew where the story was by the descriptions given.

The story captured my attention and held it. I listened to it straight through!
As history shows, the time of this story both sides handled things badly.

I cried at the end.

so good

an amazing story told by a passionate narrator, definitely makes you feel alllll the emotions

Good book

I enjoyed the story however I wish it would have told more about what happened with jimmy while his wife was stuck in the maternity home. She never knew what happened to him. And the story didn’t say if he went looking for her.