SuitabookFamily separation and adjustment
Angela is separated from her usual home life while her parents face an impending divorce.
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Naomi Hirahara - Author
A family-centred coming-of-age story about coping with a parents’ impending divorce while living with grandparents, learning origami and forming new connections. Its emotional concerns are serious, but the presentation is described as honest, compassionate and sometimes humorous.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA family-centred coming-of-age story about coping with a parents’ impending divorce while living with grandparents, learning origami and forming new connections. Its emotional concerns are serious, but the presentation is described as honest, compassionate and sometimes humorous.
Angela is separated from her usual home life while her parents face an impending divorce.
Angela lives with her grandparents and aunt, including a stern grandmother who is also described as caring.
Angela folds 1001-crane displays connected with newlyweds in a Japanese-American community.
The main point for discussion is not simply whether Angela adjusts, but how adults’ decisions, family expectations and her own reluctance shape that adjustment.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.