i read this with some trepidation after a steady diet of lightly written non-US fiction of the heartwarming genre and some (US) investigative journalism of the ponderous variety.
the book turns out to be well-crafted pleasantly entertaining and unselfconsciously grounded in niceness. the overriding theme is lives redeemed over time by living and i most of all enjoy the absence of (typically de rigueur) dark themes of the post-modern persuasion (read: gut-punching betrayal devastating loss or supreme pain).
conclusion: as bijoux a work as any of the japanese-korean books with more a bit more interesting writing. worth a read!
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