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The Buddha in the attic  Cover Image Book Book

The Buddha in the attic / Julie Otsuka.

Summary:

A novel that tells the story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as picture brides nearly a century ago. In eight incantatory sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces their extraordinary lives, from their arduous journey by boat, where they exchange photographs of their husbands, imagining uncertain futures in an unknown land; to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; to their backbreaking work picking fruit in the fields and scrubbing the floors of white women; to their struggles to master a new language and a new culture; to their experiences in childbirth, and then as mothers, raising children who will ultimately reject their heritage and their history; to the deracinating arrival of war.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307700001
  • ISBN: 0307700003
  • Physical Description: 129 p. ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book."
Subject: Mail order brides > Fiction
Japanese - California - fiction
San Francisco (Calif.) - History - 20th Century - Fiction
San Francisco (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 12 of 12 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Prince Rupert Library Otsu (Text) 33294001815935 Adult Fiction - Second Floor Volume hold Available -
Burns Lake Public Library AF (Text) 35198000407842 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library FIC OTS (Text) 35146001708916 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fernie Heritage Library FIC OTS (Text) 35136000281296 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fort St. John Public Library AF OTS (Text) 35211000105074 ADULT Fiction Volume hold Available -
Galiano Island Community Library FIC OTS (Text) 33127000045932 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Gibsons Public Library FIC OTSU (Text) 30886000445268 Adult Fiction Hardcover Volume hold Available -
Kitimat Public Library Ots (Text) 32665001629395 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Salt Spring Island Public Library FIC OTS (Text) 33123009131880 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Sechelt Public Library F OTSU (Text) 33260000183492 Fiction Volume hold Available -

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