I absolutely LOVED this novel!
I was completely honoured to have gotten to read an early copy of At the Foot of the Cherry Tree. I absolutely loved watching Don and Cherry meet, fall in love and plan a life together.
I cannot think of another novel I have read that started in Japan 1945, that allowed me to see the million and one micro-aggressions and out and out racism on both sides. I loved seeing up close the Japanese culture through Nobuko and seeing Australia in the 1940s and 50s; fascinating. The White Australia policy, the attitudes of Australians to the Japaneseā¦I seem to really enjoy leaning my history through fiction, and At the Foot of the Cherry Tree gave me all the learning and the feels. I loved every page.
