{"product_id":"fifty-words-for-rain-a-gma-book-club-pick-paperback","title":"Fifty Words for Rain: A GMA Book Club Pick - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAsha Lemmie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e Book Club Pick and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom debut author Asha Lemmie, \"a lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together.\" --Kristin Hannah, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKyoto, Japan, 1948. \u003ci\u003e\"Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuch is eight-year-old Noriko \"Nori\" Kamiza's first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with only these final words. She will not fight her confinement to the attic of her grandparents' imperial estate. And she will not resist the scalding chemical baths she receives daily to lighten her skin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe child of a married Japanese aristocrat and her African American GI lover, Nori is an outsider from birth. Her grandparents take her in, only to conceal her, fearful of a stain on the royal pedigree that they are desperate to uphold in a changing Japan. Obedient to a fault, Nori accepts her solitary life, despite her natural intellect and curiosity. But when chance brings her older half-brother, Akira, to the estate that is his inheritance and destiny, Nori finds in him an unlikely ally with whom she forms a powerful bond--a bond their formidable grandparents cannot allow and that will irrevocably change the lives they were always meant to lead. Because now that Nori has glimpsed a world in which perhaps there is a place for her after all, she is ready to fight to be a part of it--a battle that just might cost her everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning decades and continents, \u003ci\u003eFifty Words for Rain\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling epic about the ties that bind, the ties that give you strength, and what it means to be free.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsha Lemmie\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFifty Words For Rain \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wildest Sun. \u003c\/i\u003eShe holds a BA in English Literature from Boston College and is currently a graduate student at Columbia University. She resides in New York City but can frequently be found wandering. Asha writes historical fiction that focuses on bringing unique perspectives to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382528491698,"sku":"9781524746384","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c23a1672c26655f15a7874373ea70def.webp?v=1777837151","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/fifty-words-for-rain-a-gma-book-club-pick-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}