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She has not been home in years and begs Hana to let her bring her daughters to meet her, feeling that Josephine, in particular, needs to have Hana in her life. Despite Hana's latest refusal, Laura decides to come anyway. When Laura's loud, energetic, and troubled world collides with Hana and Cate's daily routine, the story really begins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDreaming Water\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis about a mother's courage, a daughter's strength, and a friend's love. 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The older boy, Hiroshi, shows unusual skill at the national obsession of sumo wrestling, while Kenji is fascinated by the art of creating hard-carved masks for actors in the Noh theater.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross town, a renowned sumo master, Sho Tanaka, lives with his wife and their two young daughters: the delicate, daydreaming Aki and her independent sister, Haru. Life seems full of promise as Kenji begins an informal apprenticeship with the most famous mask-maker in Japan and Hiroshi receives a coveted invitation to train with Tanaka. But then Pearl Harbor changes everything. As the ripples of war spread to both families' quiet neighborhoods, all of the generations must put their dreams on hold---and then find their way in a new Japan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn an exquisitely moving story that spans almost thirty years, Gail Tsukiyama draws us irresistibly into the world of the brothers and the women who love them. 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Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society: \"Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend.\" Many intellectuals fear it is only a trick, and Kai Ying's husband, Sheng, a teacher, has promised not to jeopardize their safety or that of their young son, Tao. But one July morning, just before his sixth birthday, Tao watches helplessly as Sheng is dragged away for writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor camp for \"reeducation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA year later, still missing his father desperately, Tao climbs to the top of the hundred-year-old kapok tree in front of their home, wanting to see the mountain peaks in the distance. 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