East Wind, Rain by Caroline PaulMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Great historical novel about a Japanese bomber from Pearl Harbor landing on Nihau, a private island off Hawaii, and the aftermath. I found the whole episode to be completely astounding--an island owned by one family, hardly anyone there even aware of a world war, the terrain and weather of a Hawaiian island that is not tropical (sadly, never visited Hawaii yet), and all of the resulting events that followed. (Yes, I wikipedia-ed it afterwards and all of the facts are true). Great read.
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had never felt before the lack he'd felt as he rummaged in the cockpit pushing and pulling at strange buttons
he also knew it represented a whole world he did not know and, worse, should not comprehend.
On Nihau, being under-educated meant that the people remained incurious about the world, and so protected from it...
They were fighting beauty and love because otherwise they would be weakened by it.
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