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Tonbo: Dragonfly
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ISBN10: 1497555841
ISBN13: 9781497555846
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 19 2014
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781497555846
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 19 2014
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Set in modern day Japan and during Obon-the most supernatural of Japanese holidays, a time when the dead return for a short visit-Tonbo is a story of English conversation teacher, Jezzy Dubois from Louisiana, U.S.A., who has grown weary of her job but loves living in Japan and doesn't want to leave it. She visits a local shrine to seek the advice of the nature gods, and in the days that follow a series of unexplainable events occur and culminate in a suspenseful encounter that has Jezzy calling on deepest instincts to find her way out as unseen forces provide guidance and support.
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