Pearl Diver

Name: Pearl Diver
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ISBN: 9781400034918

ISBN-10: 1400034914

ISBN-13: 9781400034918

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jeff Talarigo

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In 1948, a nineteen-year-old pearl diver's dreams of spending her life combing the waters of Japan's Inland Sea are shattered when she discovers she has leprosy. By law, she is exiled to an island leprosarium, where she is stripped of her dignity and instructed to forget her past. Her name is erased from her family records, and she is forced to select a new one. To the two thousand patients on the island of Nagashima, she becomes Miss Fuji.Although drugs arrest the course of Miss Fuji's disease, she cannot leave the colony. Instead, she becomes a caretaker to the other patients, and through the example of their courage, she gains insight into the deep wellspring of strength she will need to…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/12/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.96" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English