Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Magic of Ordinary Days / Ann Howard Creel 274 p.

Set towards the end of World War II. Forced into an arranged marriage to a shy beet farmer by her puritanical minister father when her 'condition' becomes known, Olivia Dunne yearns to study archeology. The loneliness of a farmer's wife is alleviated by friendship with two young Nisei sisters from a Japanese American internment camp who work the farm. The sisters delight her with their passionate study of butterflies. They introduce her to camp life. Livvy discovers home truths about herself when she unknowing becomes a participant in the sister's plot to free their boyfriends. This becomes a turning point in her relationship with her husband.

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