There are so many stages in which you want to divorce this book and start something new, something fresh, something you can bite right into. I always feel too that being with a book, for the years that it takes to write them, is a bit like a marriage. Learn More » Gail Tsukiyama: I would say it's two-pronged in the sense that it always begins with my own curiosity: What happened? How did this become something that happened?įor instance, with Women of the Silk, how did these young women come together 100 years ago to live independently without husbands or family? That kind of curiosity has set the tone for every book that I've written - I've needed to answer for myself these questions that I start asking. Rhianna Walton: It’s such a treat to speak with you! I read The Samurai’s Garden and Women of the Silk as a teenager, and both really opened my eyes to cultures and historical situations that I otherwise wouldn’t have been exposed to, which is something your work continues to do.Īre you thinking about educating your audience when you choose a book theme, or do you write more to satisfy your own curiosity? Kirkus writes, “Well-paced and lush, this is a captivating historical novel that shows the power of love and human resilience.” It's a pleasure to share The Color of Air as Indiespensable Volume 87.
Centering on the Japanese American immigrant community of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawai‘i, The Color of Air takes an intimate look at how a diverse group of individuals navigate backbreaking work on the sugar plantations, institutionalized racism and segregation, illness, heartbreak, and natural disasters by forming an extended family deeply tied to one another and to the land. Acclaimed novelist Gail Tsukiyama’s latest novel, The Color of Air, transports the reader to the verdant rain forests and smoldering lava beds of Hawai‘i in the early 20th century.
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