Willow has worked with a matchmaker to find a husband as a picture bride and leaves her mother and brothers to travel overseas to start a new life. The reality of her life in Hawaii is immediately different than she is instructed it would be, however she feels very lucky when her husband is the one in the picture that she received. From the beginning, she strives to build a love relationship with her husband and to learn how to live in a land where life is so different.
I was really drawn to Willow as a character and thought she was amazingly strong and bold in her time period. I did know much about the fight for independence from Japan, however this book really brought it to life. She is right on the sidelines as her husband leaves to join the fight. She works to support her children with a group of other women and builds her own family of sorts. I definitely would like to read more from this author. Thanks for the ARC, BookishFirst.
I was really drawn to Willow as a character and thought she was amazingly strong and bold in her time period. I did know much about the fight for independence from Japan, however this book really brought it to life. She is right on the sidelines as her husband leaves to join the fight. She works to support her children with a group of other women and builds her own family of sorts. I definitely would like to read more from this author. Thanks for the ARC, BookishFirst.