Join us on Saturday, March 11th for a discussion of The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende. Meetings take place from 11:00 am-12:30 pm in the Community Room. New members always welcome!
ncisco mansion. There she meets Ichimei Fukuda, the son of the family’s Japanese gardener, and between them a a tender love blossoms– but it is a love they are forever forced to hide. Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina, a care worker, meets the older women and her grandson, Seth, at Lark House nursing home. As they forge a friendship, Irina and Seth become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters Alma receives, and discover the story of Ichimei and a secret passion that has endured for almost seventy years. –Publisher’s Description