The Third Son (CD-Audio)

from JBD1

Julie Wu's poignant debut novel, The Third Son is the story of a young Taiwanese boy growing up during the turbulent days of Japanese occupation followed by the Nationalist takeover of the island. Nothing comes easily to the earnest and well-meaning Saburo, but he's not one to give up easily, and...

from nwieme

Just loved this story. Julie Wu creates likeable characters who you get to follow through their lives in Taiwan and America. The main character, Saburo goes through life - as the third and LEAST liked son in a relatively wealthy and "connected" Taiwanese family. It illustrates his dogged determin...

from cameling

Japan's occupation of Taiwan comes to an end when they lose the war and have to relinquish Taiwan to Chiang Kai Shek's Nationlists. The transition isn't an easy one and Taiwan is embroiled in a period of unrest and violence as the Nationalists struggle to govern the Taiwanese and erase all eviden...

from Carolee888

The Third Son by Julie Wu is a book that you will have trouble laying down. I was reading another book at the same time and I started reading a token chapter each night because I was so enthralled by the story. This is a coming of age story unlike any others. It starts in 1943 in Taiwan during th...

from brangwinn

As in other historical fiction I like, the setting must take me to a place with which I am not familiar. In The Third Son it's WWII Taiwan and the Japanese occupation. Chinese, by birth, but Japanese by culture, Saburo is abused by his family, fed little and ignored. His older brother is the impo...