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Ghosts lurk in the bamboo forest outside the tiny northern Japanese town where Satomi lives with her elusive mother, Atsuko. A preternaturally gifted pianist, Satomi wrestles with inner demons. Her fall from grace is echoed in the life of her daughter, Rumi, who unleashes a ghost she must chase from foggy San Francisco to a Buddhist temple atop Japan's icy Mount Doom. In sharp, lush prose, Picking Bones from Ash examines the power and limitations of female talent in our globalized world.
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Kevin Latchford
reviewed Picking Bones from Ash on September 02, 2009 Picking Bones from Ash
Marie Mutsuki Mockett's debut is an arresting story of three generations of Japanese women trying to come to terms with who they are. Now that's a sentence that can be used to describe a boatload of books and doesn't do this one justice. Mockett has a remarkable ability to infuse her story with subtle nuances so that a piano recital is infused with desperate tension, the discovery of a hidden artifact is limned with the supernatural, and a journey into the north of the Japan takes on the qualities of a fantastic quest. For a character-driven story, the plot takes unexpected turns that will leave the reader guessing all the way to the end. Picking Bones from Ash is a marvelous book.
The author will be performing at Vermin on the Mount in L.A.'s Chinatown on November 8, 2009.
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