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...been told over andover in other forms: exceptional youngwoman confronts the world, falters atfirst, but eventually finds herself. In thisversion, Haruko is a privileged but normalgirl growing up in Tokyo duringWorld War II. (As Schwartz writes withcharacteristic limpness, “One might saythat my childhood insularity was a formof hereditary protection in whose shade,like a pale, delicate mushroom, I grew.”)She excels at sports, and one fateful daymeets and beats the Crown Prince in agame of tennis. The Prince falls in lovewith her beautiful spirit, and so beginsthe rest of her life.Japan has the world?...
...women allegedly like books) on how to knit sweaters and socks, dog coats and gloves! It's a double bonus for any 'Cliffie, fulfilling both the inner homemaker and inner bookworm's desires simultaneously, while satisfying that Harvard urge to fill all existing pockets of free time with some formof productive and useful activity...