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The street of a thousand blossoms
    Tsukiyama, Gail.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin,
Pub date: 2008.
Pages: 422 p. ;
ISBN: 9780312384777
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Summary
It is Tokyo in 1939.On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition.The older boy, Hiroshi,shows early signs ofpromise at the national obsession of sumo wrestling, while Kenji is fascinated by the art of Noh theater masks. But as theripples of war spread to their quiet neighborhood,the brothers must put their dreams on hold—and forge their own paths ina new Japan.Meanwhile, the two young daughters of a renowned sumo master find their lives increasingly intertwined with the fortunes of their father’s star pupil, Hiroshi. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms is a powerfully moving masterpiece about tradition and change, loss and renewal, and love and family from a glorious storyteller at the height of her powers. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

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Personal Author: Tsukiyama, Gail.
Title: The street of a thousand blossoms / Gail Tsukiyama.
Publication info: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008.
Physical descrip: 422 p. ; 22 cm.
General Note: "A reading group gold selection" at back of book.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references.
Held by: GLENCOE EPLMAIN
Subject term: Brothers--Fiction.
Subject term: Sumo--Fiction.
Subject term: World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Fiction.
Geographic term: Tokyo (Japan)--Fiction.
Genre index term: Historical fiction.
Genre index term: Love stories.
Control Number: ocn213300772
ISBN: 9780312384777 (pbk.) : $14.95
ISBN: 0312384777 (pbk.) : $14.95
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