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Belinda, thank you for clarifying that. The husbands are never clearly identified by race, which I think would have been helpful. The way they behaved so brashly with the women in bed, I sensed that the men were from a different culture. But now I can see they were Japanese men. I had to go to wikipedia on "picture bride" to realize it was Japanese and Asian men who ordered the Japanese picture brides. That's interesting that as a Japanese American I didn't know this. Now the book makes more sense.
I just finished the book, and I had the exact same question so I'm glad to see it cleared up here.
Kp, thank you so much for your comment! I thought I was losing my mind and was the only one that was confused. I even wrote a question to the author's facebook page which sadly she ignored.
I am an author myself and I do think it's the author's job to make such an important plot point clear. Frankly I'm surprised more readers didn't have this question. It may say more about the cultural assumptions that readers make, which in itself is an interesting topic.
By the way, if you have any interest in checking out my debut novel, it's called THE PROSPECT OF MY ARRIVAL by Dwight Okita. The book is about a human embryo that's allowed to preview the world before it decides whether to be born. It's on Amazon. :)
Too bad the author never wrote you back! And, I will definitely check out your novel. It sounds intriguing.
Thanks for everyone's comments. If anyone enjoys speculative fiction, soft sci fi, my new novel is called THE PROSPECT OF MY ARRIVAL. It's about a human embryo that's allowed to preview the world before deciding whether to be born. It was a finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest. And I have gotten email inquiries from movie folk, including Disney. Also I am a Japanese American writer from Chicago, 3rd generation. http://amzn.to/HsrVSF
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Belinda, thank you for clarifying that. The husbands are never clearly identified by race, which I think would have been helpful. The way they behaved so brashly with the women in bed, I sensed that the men were from a different culture. But now I can see they were Japanese men. I had to go to wikipedia on "picture bride" to realize it was Japanese and Asian men who ordered the Japanese picture brides. That's interesting that as a Japanese American I didn't know this. Now the book makes more sense.
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I just finished the book, and I had the exact same question so I'm glad to see it cleared up here.
Kp, thank you so much for your comment! I thought I was losing my mind and was the only one that was confused. I even wrote a question to the author's facebook page which sadly she ignored. I am an author myself and I do think it's the author's job to make such an important plot point clear. Frankly I'm surprised more readers didn't have this question. It may say more about the cultural assumptions that readers make, which in itself is an interesting topic.
By the way, if you have any interest in checking out my debut novel, it's called THE PROSPECT OF MY ARRIVAL by Dwight Okita. The book is about a human embryo that's allowed to preview the world before it decides whether to be born. It's on Amazon. :)
Too bad the author never wrote you back! And, I will definitely check out your novel. It sounds intriguing.
Thanks for everyone's comments. If anyone enjoys speculative fiction, soft sci fi, my new novel is called THE PROSPECT OF MY ARRIVAL. It's about a human embryo that's allowed to preview the world before deciding whether to be born. It was a finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest. And I have gotten email inquiries from movie folk, including Disney. Also I am a Japanese American writer from Chicago, 3rd generation. http://amzn.to/HsrVSF
