In 1972, a young Japanese mother inadvertently discovers she is married to a member of an outcast class called the burakumin. As a result she is forced to abandon her husband and nine-month old baby and is sent to the United States. Once there she confronts many other types of prejudice. Her story concerns learning and growing in new ways.
What if a child is missing around Passover in Templeton, New York and the incident gives rise to the age-old myth of the blood ritual, alleging that Jews use Christian childrens blood in the making of matzoh. The town is torn apart by acts of violence until the childs body is found by the combined efforts of the police Sergeant, Bill Dalton and the Jewish town librarian, Miriam Roth. Based on a true incident the novel portrays that prejudice often bubbles beneath a veneer of accommodation and acceptance and shows it can happen here.
What if a child is missing around Passover in Templeton, New York and the incident gives rise to the age-old myth of the blood ritual, alleging that Jews use Christian childrens blood in the making of matzoh. The town is torn apart by acts of violence until the childs body is found by the combined efforts of the police Sergeant, Bill Dalton and the Jewish town librarian, Miriam Roth. Based on a true incident the novel portrays that prejudice often bubbles beneath a veneer of accommodation and acceptance and shows it can happen here.
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