A Letter That Will Come Tomorrow is the first in a series of novels following the lives of the surviving members of a family caught in the bombing of Tokyo in March 1945. The year is now 2021. America is perpetually at war and under increasing government surveillance. The novel opens as Dr. Naomi O'Hara, a recently retired therapist, boards a night train, embarking on what becomes an unexpected spiritual and emotional journey.As the train takes her from Wenatchee, Washington, to New York City, Naomi encounters several passengers-a Vietnam veteran, a surgeon, a Lakota Indian, an Amish elder and his granddaughter, and a young adult. Each of these people and the compelling stories they tell cause Naomi to reflect on herself as a therapist, as a person of two cultures, as a parent-and also as a patient. As Naomi struggles to come to terms with a serious illness that she has kept hidden, she re-examines her personal past, present, and future. A Letter That Will Come Tomorrow challenges the reader to consider how patriotism erodes our humanity.
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One day, while struggling with daily troubles, you too might find your life is not far from its ending.The author wrote these words in the aftermath of 9-11, not knowing they would become the epigraph, as they were the seed, for a first novel. Naomi O'Hara is a pseudonym used to protect the privacy of the author.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommended to readers seeking a book that blends good writing with spirituality,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Letter That Will Come Tomorrow (Paperback)
Being proud of one's country is fine, but what point does it trump humanity? "A Letter That Will Come Tomorrow" follows Naomi O'Hara, psychiatrist, as she journeys the country and meets a strange and intriguing array of characters ranging from Vietnam vets to the Amish. Facing her own mortality, her journey offers her much philosophy, which the reader will experience as well. "A Letter That Will Come Tomorrow" is highly recommended to readers seeking a book that blends good writing with spirituality.
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'While struggling for a better tomorrow, the end of my life has crept up on me',
By Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: A Letter That Will Come Tomorrow (Paperback)
'Naomi O'Hara' is apparently a nom de plume for a very fine writer who fears her/his words might intrude on the privacy of the author. Perhaps that is a novel way of not labeling the story as 'fiction', as it has far too many truths in it to be considered otherwise. In this brief and very well written story 'O'Hara' has created a Japanese American psychotherapist, a victim of progressive cancer, who is aboard a train bound for New York where she plans to meet her new grandson and to participate in the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 World Trade Center site ('the ground that marks the turning point - when America changed and the days of ceaseless war began').The year is thus 2021 and the atmosphere on the train and the various stops made between the coasts are colored with a '1984' grim tone of totalitarianism disguised as Patriotism. On the train are a number of characters obviously introduced for the purpose of illustrating how violence and war are not conducive to healthy life on a doomed planet: an African American man who survived the Vietnam war scarred by anguish and remorse, letters from the therapist's mother describing the post war conditions after the US atomic bombing of Japan, a kind Lakota Indian who bears quiet witness to the past transgressions of a country that displaced his people, an Amish family representing surviving 'different groups', a physician with a fractured past that has restructured his response to patients, and a teenage girl turning to alcohol and sociopathic restlessness as a reaction against the complacency of her parents and the changes she is witnessing in a world too controlled to hear dissenters. How the therapist interacts with each of these influences results in her own decision about her life's direction. 'We are all in danger when no one speaks up against an immoral war'. This remark sums the books message - that we are seeing war throughout the planet and often generated by America's own intervention to spread a type of democracy that the author cannot condone as the right path for all people. Not only is this train ride and interesting story, it also contains food for thought we all need to consider. Especially now, especially at this season, and especially as we all hope for peace. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, December 08
4.0 out of 5 stars
A trip you will remember.,
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This review is from: A Letter That Will Come Tomorrow (Paperback)
'A Letter That Will Come Tomorrow' begins with Naomi O'Hara, a psychiatrist, stepping on a train heading to New York. The year is 2021. We meet some very interesting people along the way and are introduced to a new way of life. The author has created a world that everyone should visit. The story is well written, characters come alive, and the descriptions are fresh. A must-read for anyone, any race or age.
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