Kim/Kimi
by Hadley Irwin

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Book Review: Discovering herself
Summary: 4 Stars

Kim (whose Japanese name is Kimi, hence the book's title) sets off on a journey in search of her father's family. The search doesn't result in a cliched happy reunion. Like real life, Kim's quest and its result are much more complex than that.

Throughout the book, Kim's addiction to serial romance novels is highlighted. The authors include "excerpts" from these cheesy novels to point out how different people's lives really are from these silly fantasies. As Kim notes, not everyone in real life has pretty eyes, shiny teeth, and problems that go no deeper than pimples.

I like this book for incorporating history in a non-textbook sense. True, the sections that mention the prison camps tend to get a little didactic, with many long speeches from survivors. Overall, though, this book was enjoyable both as an entertaining coming-of-age story and a painless history lesson.

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