So Far From the Bamboo Gove

Unlike Year of Impossible Goodbyes. I really enjoyed reading So Far From The Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins. This was a lot more interesting of a read as this book was engaging making it difficult to put down. I really found a connection with Yoko's family in the novel. I kind of found myself emotionally attached and feeling for Yoko and her family. One of my favorite parts of the novel where I was able to make a personal connection was during Yoko, her mother, and her sister, Ko's flight from the Bamboo Gove. I connected to the part when they came to the iron railroad bridge that they needed to cross. Ko walked ahead of Yoko and her mother. Yoko thought it was mean of her sister to walk ahead of them and said she was beginning to hate Ko. Soon after Yoko said this Ko came back to put Yoko on her back and carry her across the bridge. She walked ahead of Yoko and her mother so she could drop off her pack. Yoko felt bad for saying she hared Ko. This reminds me of my sister and I. There are times that we become argry with each other over nothing, but at the end of the day we would go great lengths for one another becuase we love each other and care a lot about each other.