Blossoms and shadows
By: Lian Hearn
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780733626500; 9780733627453; 9780733627606
Subjects: Japanese women; Fiction; Sisters; Sex role; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: This is the story of the birth of modern Japan, told by Tsuru, a young woman who breaks every stereotype of the Japanese lady. We meet her on the day of her sister's wedding, and soon realise that she will not accept the same domestic role that her sister is about to take on.