Title: The magic of ordinary days
First published: 2001
Description: Olivia Dunne, a studious minister's daughter who dreams of being an archaeologist, never thought that the drama of World War II would affect her quiet life in Denver. An exhilarating flirtation reshapes her life, though, and she finds herself banished to a rural Colorado outpost, married to a man she hardly knows. Overwhelmed by loneliness, Olivia tentatively tries to establish a new life, finding much-needed friendship and solace in two Japanese American sisters who are living at a nearby internment camp. When Olivia unwittingly becomes an accomplice to a crime and is faced with betrayal, she finally confronts her own desires. Beautifully written and filled with memorable characters, Creel's novel is a powerful exploration of the nature of trust and love. "Highly satisfying." (Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue)
Subjects: Concentration camps, Married women, Japanese Americans, Historical Fiction, Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, Fiction, Romance, World War, 1939-1945, Female friendship, Concentration camp inmates, History, Japanese American women, Large type books, Fiction, historical, general, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Colorado, fiction, Japanese americans, fiction, Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
Places: Colorado