Jamie Ford Boeken

Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, the times and places are brought [stirringly] to life (Jim Tomlinson, author of "Things Kept, Things Left Behind").

1909, Seattle. At the World's Fair, half-Chinese Ernest is raffled off as a prize. Working in the Red Light District, he falls in love with Maisie, the daughter of a madam, and Fahn, a Japanese maid. At the World's Fair in 1962, Ernest looks back on the memories he made with his wife as his daughter begins to unravel their tragic past.

"From the New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet comes a powerful novel about the love that binds one family of women across generations. Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Seattle's former poet laureate, that's how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental breakdowns into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter, Annabel, exhibits the same behavior and begins remembering things and events she has never experienced, Dorothy believes the past has truly come to haunt the present. If she doesn't take radical steps, her daughter will be doomed to face the same debilitating depression that has marked her life. Through epigenetic therapy-an experimental treatment designed to mitigate inherited trauma-Dorothy intimately connects with the past generations of women in her family: Faye Moy, a nurse in Burma serving with the Flying Tigers; Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America; Zoe Moy, a student in England at a famous school with no rules; Lai King Moy, a girl quarantined in San Francisco during a plague epidemic; and Greta Moy, a tech executive with a unique dating app. Through reliving their painful stories, Dorothy comes to understand the true cost of inherited pain. As the past bleeds into the present, Dorothy discovers that trauma isn't the only thing she's inherited. A stranger is searching for her in each time period. A stranger who's loved her through all of her genetic memories. And that person is most certainly not her current husband, Louis. To protect her daughter's future, Dorothy must break the cycle and find a way to cross time and resolve all past traumas, to find the love that has long been waiting, and find peace for Annabel. Even if it means she must sacrifice her only chance at life and happiness"-- Provided by publisher

Wyśnij i mnie to poruszająca historia dwojga wrażliwych ludzi: marzącego o lepszej przyszłości chłopca oraz uciekającej przed koszmarną przeszłością kobiety. Oboje szukają miłości, nadziei i przebaczenia. William Eng, urodzony w Stanach Zjednoczonych chłopiec o chińskim pochodzeniu, ostatnie pięć długich lat przeżył w sierocińcu pod wezwaniem Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w Seattle. W dniu urodzin William wraz z innymi dziećmi zostaje zabrany na wycieczkę do kina. Na srebrnym ekranie widzi aktorkę znaną jako Willow Frost. William jest przekonany, że to jego matka, która została gwiazdą filmową. Chłopiec ucieka z sierocińca, żeby ją odnaleźć i odkrywa, że historia jej życia jest bardziej skomplikowana niż wszelkie hollywoodzkie fantazje.

Syv år gamle Tiller drømmer om at mamma skal være glad. En dag er mamma borte og Tiller bruker all tid på å lete etter henne. En kveld går hun ned i den mørke kjelleren, til døren med det blå lyset. Der finner hun mamma og livet blir ennå merkeligere.