Sophie and the Rising Sun by, Augusta Trobaugh narrated by,
Rue McClanahan
I am not sure what I was expecting when I started this book
but what I got was a beautiful chaste love story between southern belle Sophie
and Japanese American Mr. Oto. This was a beautifully written look at the south
during the time of Pearl Harbor and everything changed for Mr. Oto and the
women in his life his boss Miss Ann and his friend (and woman he loves) Miss
Sophie. But this was so much more than a love story; it’s a friendship story
and also a historical look at a very tough time especially for Japanese
Americans and the people who cared about them, and the people who blamed them
for everything.
This was a sweet story and even the “bad guy/woman” was redeemable
she wasn’t so much a bad guy just an old busybody. My favorite character was
Big Sally, or Queen Sally as she’d rather be called, she took such good care of
everyone. I liked the friendships in this book between Sally, Sophie and Miss
Ann.
This is a short, but good story , if you are a fan southern
fiction and/or friendship stories I would recommend this one.
This was narrated by Rue McClanahan of Golden Girls fame and
she did a good job but sometimes with someone so recognizable her voice almost
gets in the way of the story because you are picturing her as all the
characters instead of the characters speaking for themselves.
4 stars
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