The Yokota Officers Club Book

â??A GEM, POLISHED AND FACETED IN A WAY THAT PULLED ME INTO THE HEART OF IT WITH THE FIRST PARAGRAPH. . . . Important, touching, meaningful, and uplifting.â?â??JEANNE RAY Chicago TribuneAfter a year away at college, military brat Bernadette Root has come â??homeâ? to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, to spend the summer with her bizarre yet comforting clan. Ruled by a strict, regimented Air Force Major father, but grounded in their motherâ??s particular brand of humor, Bernieâ??s family was destined for military greatness during the glory days of the mid-â??50s. But in Base life, where an unkempt lawn is cause for reassignment, one fateful misstep changed the Rootsâ?? world forever. Yet the familyâ??s silence cannot keep the wounds of the past from reemerging . . . nor can the memory fade of beloved Fumiko, the familyâ??s former maid, whose name is now verboten. And the secrets long ago covered up in classic military styleâ??through elimination and denialâ??are now forcing their way to the surface for a return engagement.Read More