The Cherry Blossom Rarely Smiles

The Cherry Blossom Rarely Smiles: An Impossible Love Story Spanning Decades, Continents and Defying Cultures

By: Ioana Lee

In this powerful memoir spanning decades, The Cherry Blossom Rarely Smiles shows the life of a young Romanian woman who grew up in a communist dictatorship, dreaming of the day she would travel and see the world. While studying Japanese and English, the young woman meets a sophisticated and wealthy man, a young Japanese aristocrat. A story full of love, dramatic misunders...