Dreaming Water - by Gail Tsukiyama (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Bestselling novelist Tsukiyama moves from Asia to America in this stunning contemporary debut. Set in present day California, "Dreaming Water" is a wrenching portrait of mothers, daughters and friends.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Bestselling author Gail Tsukiyama is known for her poignant, subtle insights into the most complicated of relationships. <i>Dreaming Water</i> is an exploration of two of the richest and most layered human connections that exist: mother and daughter and lifelong friends.</b> <p/>Hana is suffering from Werner's syndrome, a disease that makes a person age at twice the rate of a healthy individual: at thirty-eight Hana has the appearance of an eighty-year-old. Cate, her mother, is caring for her while struggling with her grief at losing her husband, Max, and with the knowledge that Hana's disease is getting worse by the day. <p/>Hana and Cate's days are quiet and ordered. Cate escapes to her beloved garden and Hana reads and writes letters. Each find themselves drawn into their pasts, remembering the joyous and challenging events that have shaped them: spending the day at Max's favorite beach, overcoming their neighbors' prejudices that Max is Japanese-American and Cate is Italian-American, and coping with the heartbreak of discovering Hana's disease. <p/>One of the great joys of Hana's life has been her relationship with her beautiful, successful best friend Laura. Laura has moved to New York from their hometown in California and has two daughters, Josephine and Camille. She has not been home in years and begs Hana to let her bring her daughters to meet her, feeling that Josephine, in particular, needs to have Hana in her life. Despite Hana's latest refusal, Laura decides to come anyway. When Laura's loud, energetic, and troubled world collides with Hana and Cate's daily routine, the story really begins. <p/><i>Dreaming Water </i>is about a mother's courage, a daughter's strength, and a friend's love. It is about the importance of human dignity and the importance of all the small moments that create a life worth living.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A poignant portrait of mother-daughter love in the face of death, without the attendant melodrama easily wrung from such material." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <p/>"Beautifully written, effused with both sadness and hope, Tsukiyama's novel cannot fail to move readers." --<i>Booklist starred review</i> <p/>"...Tsukiyama tells a simple story in a straightforward way...[in] a delicate, deceptively powerful new novel." --<i>USA Today</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Gail Tsukiyama</b> is the author of <i>The Language of Threads, Night of Many Dreams, The Samurai's Garden</i>, and <i>Women of the Silk</i>. She lives in El Cerrito, California.</p>
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