Author: Jeff Talarigo
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307429148
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
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 reclaim her freedom. Written with precision and eloquence, The Pearl Diver is a dazzling meditation on isolation and community, cruelty and compassion.
The Pearl Diver
The Pearl Diver
Author: Julia Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909339767
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The story of a young boy who goes pearl diving with his father and discovers the treasures and dangers of the sea.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909339767
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The story of a young boy who goes pearl diving with his father and discovers the treasures and dangers of the sea.
The Pearl Diver
Author: Sujata Massey
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060597909
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The seventh book in Sujata Massey's Agatha and Macavity Award–winning mystery series is a witty, suspenseful story that takes its young sleuth into the Washington DC restaurant world. A dazzling engagement ring and the promise of a fresh start bring antiques dealer and sometime sleuth Rei Shimura to Washington, DC. But just as she's starting to settle down –catching up with a long–lost cousin and undertaking a lucrative commission furnishing a trendy Japanese restaurant nearby – things begin to go haywire. First, her cousin vanishes from the restaurant's opening–night party, and then Rei is drafted to help find a Japanese war bride who disappeared 30 years earlier. The search for both missing women becomes suspiciously linked, and along the way, Rei faces truths about herself that may change her destiny – if she lives long enough.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060597909
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The seventh book in Sujata Massey's Agatha and Macavity Award–winning mystery series is a witty, suspenseful story that takes its young sleuth into the Washington DC restaurant world. A dazzling engagement ring and the promise of a fresh start bring antiques dealer and sometime sleuth Rei Shimura to Washington, DC. But just as she's starting to settle down –catching up with a long–lost cousin and undertaking a lucrative commission furnishing a trendy Japanese restaurant nearby – things begin to go haywire. First, her cousin vanishes from the restaurant's opening–night party, and then Rei is drafted to help find a Japanese war bride who disappeared 30 years earlier. The search for both missing women becomes suspiciously linked, and along the way, Rei faces truths about herself that may change her destiny – if she lives long enough.
Breath of the Pearl Diver
Author: Faris Ibrahim
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781098613396
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Amid family dysfunction, in a postindustrial society, Femida Samara struggles to find greater meaning past the dream of a nine to five. In a dream, she is visited by an interdimensional immortal. Through this meeting, Femida is given the ability to travel through and interpret the dreams of others. She soon discovers she's not the first one who has been visited and is introduced to and joins the League of the Loom, a secret organization that caters to international elites, obsessed with dreams and their ability to predict the future. The organization is led by Eli, an aging Holocaust survivor and the father Femida never had. With her newly acquired powers, Femida is sent on a mind-bending adventure. She is forced to navigate race, culture, and the mind of a lucrative client.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781098613396
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Amid family dysfunction, in a postindustrial society, Femida Samara struggles to find greater meaning past the dream of a nine to five. In a dream, she is visited by an interdimensional immortal. Through this meeting, Femida is given the ability to travel through and interpret the dreams of others. She soon discovers she's not the first one who has been visited and is introduced to and joins the League of the Loom, a secret organization that caters to international elites, obsessed with dreams and their ability to predict the future. The organization is led by Eli, an aging Holocaust survivor and the father Femida never had. With her newly acquired powers, Femida is sent on a mind-bending adventure. She is forced to navigate race, culture, and the mind of a lucrative client.
Bella Sara #9: Coral and the Pearl Diver
Author: Felicity Brown
Publisher: HarperFestival
ISBN: 9780061687884
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Journey to the world of magical horses . . . A beautiful water horse, Coral is destined to meet a special girl in need of her guidance. Coral must lead the young girl to important discoveries that will change the course of their destinies forever.
Publisher: HarperFestival
ISBN: 9780061687884
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Journey to the world of magical horses . . . A beautiful water horse, Coral is destined to meet a special girl in need of her guidance. Coral must lead the young girl to important discoveries that will change the course of their destinies forever.
The Pearl
Author: John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101659815
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.” Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security.... A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101659815
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.” Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security.... A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love. From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Dive
Author: Ellen Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781603431163
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Yousuf doesn't know how to swim, so he is scared when it is his turn to go diving for pearls.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781603431163
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Yousuf doesn't know how to swim, so he is scared when it is his turn to go diving for pearls.
Descent Into Darkness
Author: Edward C. Raymer
Publisher: Naval Inst Press
ISBN: 9781591147244
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A Navy salvage diver recounts his experience in the effort to save the lives of sailors trapped in sinking ships after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Publisher: Naval Inst Press
ISBN: 9781591147244
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A Navy salvage diver recounts his experience in the effort to save the lives of sailors trapped in sinking ships after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Walt Disney Productions Presents Sindbad the Pearl Diver
Author:
Publisher: Random House Trade
ISBN: 9780394869469
Category : Mice
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
A sailor is kidnapped and forced to dive for pearls by a wicked ship's captain and crew.
Publisher: Random House Trade
ISBN: 9780394869469
Category : Mice
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
A sailor is kidnapped and forced to dive for pearls by a wicked ship's captain and crew.
Coral and the Pearl Diver
Author: Felicity Brown
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007326130
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The world of Bella Sara is a magical place where trading cards allow you to collect and interact with many different horses. Meet Bella and her friends in this exciting new range of books and create your own collection at www.bellasara.co.uk
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007326130
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The world of Bella Sara is a magical place where trading cards allow you to collect and interact with many different horses. Meet Bella and her friends in this exciting new range of books and create your own collection at www.bellasara.co.uk