THIS IS YOUR MUM LISA AND WE HAVE JUST HAIT FOR BOOKCLUB AND I LOVED IT ONLY NEGATIVE, THOUGHT IT WAS TOOOO LONG AM NOW LOOKING UP THE KOREAN WAR WHICH MY COUSIN GREG WAS IN THE ARMY AT THE TIME AND SUBSEQUENTLY MARRIED A JAPANESE BRIDE AND BROUGHT HER BACK TO AUSTRALIA SHE IS COLLEEN AND GREGS MUM DIED OF CANCER AT 42 DUE TO BEING IN A BUS EN ROUTE TO HIROSHIMA AT THE END OF THE WAR BOOK DOESNT MENTION THE KOREAN WAR AT ALL WHICH I THOUGHT UNUSUAL IN VIEW OF HOW LONG THE BOOK WAD WILL SPEAK SOON LOVE MUM