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Author Mockett, Marie Mutsuki.

Title Picking bones from ash
Published [Place of publication not identified] : GRAYWOLF PRESS, 2011

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Description 320 pages ; 2.18 x 13.66 cm
Summary Ghosts lurk in the bamboo forest outside the tiny northern Japanese town where Satomi lives with her elusive mother, Atsuko. A preternaturally gifted pianist, Satomi wrestles with inner demons. Her fall from grace is echoed in the life of her daughter, Rumi, who unleashes a ghost she must chase from foggy San Francisco to a Buddhist temple atop Japan's icy Mount Doom. In sharp, lush prose,Picking Bones from Ashexamines the power and limitations of female talent in our globalized world
Genre/Form Reading nook.
ISBN 9781555975760 paperback
1555975763 paperback