Nao tells her tale to Ruth through words, and ask for her help. If there is any way past and present can communicate, it is through words. The book often tries to connect past and present through words. It is hard to explain what is time being if you have not read the book, so I am not going to try that. The girl’s name Nao is pronounced Now in English. The biggest question arises when the diary ends, and we, as a reader, have no idea what happened with Nao and her family. A tragic Tsunami costing more than only lives. Daughter hating her father, and then loving him back. Females of the family supporting them as much as possible. Man of a family suffering from depression due to their soft hearts.

It is about a girl losing her friends and moving to a new place. The story can’t be summaries in a few lines, as it is about many things. There is a commentary about war, feminism and few other elements to move the plot. We explore the Nao family, and about her uncle sacrifice in the army. There we learned about the nun lifestyle and Japanese culture. Where she taste the poverty that she was not used to, father got depressed, and the mother starts working.īullying and father’s suicide attempt happen, which throws the Nao into messy family life.īut her grandmother takes her to the nun-temple for the summer.

She is a girl born in America, but after the dot com bubble, her father has to move back to Japan. In the diary, Nao tries to write her thoughts. The Fortec Conspiracy by Garvin and Addeo.

A tale for the time