{"product_id":"after-the-bloom-9781459737433","title":"After the Bloom","description":"\u003cb\u003eA daughter's search for her mother reveals her family's past in a Japanese internment camp during the Second World War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lily Takemitsu goes missing from her home in Toronto one luminous summer morning in the mid-1980s. Her daughter, Rita, knows her mother has a history of dissociation and memory problems, which have led her to wander off before. But never has she stayed away so long. Unconvinced the police are taking the case seriously, Rita begins to carry out her own investigation. In the course of searching for her mom, she is forced to confront a labyrinth of secrets surrounding the family's internment at a camp in the California desert during the Second World War, their postwar immigration to Toronto, and the father she has never known. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epic in scope, intimate in style, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e blurs between the present and the ever-present past, beautifully depicting one family's struggle to face the darker side of its history and find some form of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459737433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2017 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Leslie Shimotakahara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651761860764,"sku":"9781459737433","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_14e45696-1770-4dd7-a268-9506c28c4d28.jpg?v=1603878305","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/after-the-bloom-9781459737433","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}