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Title: The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War by Louise Steinman ISBN: 0-452-28365-5 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This Souvenir Is A Treasure
Comment: The Souvenir, written by Louise Steinman, is a must read for any serious student of World War II. Using the many letters written by her father, Private Norman Steinman, who was a member of the Twenty-fifth Division, Ms. Steinman takes us on her journey to "discover her father's war." Along the way, the author, her father, and the family of a Japanese soldier who may have crossed paths with Private Steinman teach us what the not so obvious and longer lasting costs of the war really were for the men who fought in it, and for their families, and show how for some, the war never really ended. The book is part Flags of Our Fathers and part Goodbye, Darkness and I guarantee that the reader will not be disappointed.
Rating: 5
Summary: Impact of War Reaches Over Generations
Comment: Traditionally history book wars begin with a declaration and end with a treaty. In families the effects of war extend through generations. Steinman's treatment of the discovery of her father's "souvenir" from World War Two is a story of how an entire family was shaped by the silence of an experience her father couldn't talk about. It is a fresh and original treatment of the impact of war, one that we as a nation are only recently coming to grips with. It is also extremely relevant to understanding today's climate of global public opinion against America's declaration of preemptive war in Iraq, particularly in Europe where many people believe that war is no longer a viable instrument of "politics by other means."
Rating: 5
Summary: The tragedy of war.
Comment: A very good emotional book about World War II. Steinman's father served in the Tropic Lightning Division of the U.S. Army fighting in northern Luzon (P.I.). Even though her father is not a casualty, he suffers the rest of his life from the effects of the war. He is hard and somewhat bitter. After his passing, Louise finds the souvenir of the war---a personal flag from a Japanese soldier. She examines the brutality of the war from both the American and Japanese perspective (Hiroshima, Nanking, P. I, Bataan). She finds the family of the soldier and returns the flag. She finds that the Japanese soldier has a human face after all.
This is a good emotional read of the effects of war, even if the war was the good war.
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Title: When the Emperor Was Divine by JULIE OTSUKA ISBN: 0385721811 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad ISBN: 0316734500 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Crow Lake (Today Show Book Club #7) by Mary Lawson ISBN: 0385337639 Publisher: Dell Publishing Pub. Date: 13 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ISBN: 1573222453 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: 29 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich ISBN: 0805063897 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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