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Silent Honor - Wikipedia

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Silent Honor
First edition
Author	Danielle Steel
Language	English
Genre	Romance novel
Publisher	Delacorte Press
Publication date	1996
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	353 pp
ISBN	0-385-31301-2
OCLC	34576683
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 20
LC Class	PS3569.T33828 S57 1996

Silent Honor is a novel written by Danielle Steel, published in 1996. The plot follows Hiroko, an eighteen-year-old who leaves Japan to live with her uncle in California, United States, after making a difficult decision based on her needs and her father's beliefs. However, when Pearl Harbor is bombed, she becomes an enemy in the American community. The book was published by Delacorte Press.^[1]

Plot summary

In August, 1941, Hiroko visits the United States from Japan, as she has an uncle, aunt, and cousins living there. Upon first arrival, she settles in well and continues to lead a regular life, however, on December 7, 1941 — Pearl Harbor is bombed, thus making them an enemy in their community and across the USA, as they are considered foreigners. Ordered to stay by her father, she remains occupied in California, however, the military are ordered to remove all Japanese citizens, and she ends up being put in a detention centre, having to fight to stay alive.^[2]

List of characters

Hiroko Takashimaya

Eighteen-year-old Japanese girl who visits California for studying at St. Andrew's College for a year just before Japan's Pearl Harbor attack

Peter Jenkins

Colleague of Takao at Stanford University who befriends Hiroko

Takeo Tanaka

A cousin of Hiroko's father, who is a professor at Stanford University in California

Masao Takashimaya

Hiroko's father who teaches at Kyoto University

Yuji Takashimaya

Hiroko's younger brother in Japan

Anne Spencer

Hiroko's roommate at St. Andrew's dormitory

Reception

Publishers Weekly comments about the book that "Steel's slapdash prose and stereotypical characterization produce a formulaic tale, albeit more earnest and didactic than her usual fare".^[3]

Footnotes

^ Silent Honor, Plot outline. Retrieved on 2007-12-25
^ Fantastic Fiction, Plot for the book "Silent Honor". Retrieved on 2007-12-25
^ Editorial reviews, Publishers Weekly. Retrieved on 2007-12-25

v t e Works by Danielle Steel
1970s	Going Home Passion's Promise Now and Forever Season of Passion
1980s	Crossings A Perfect Stranger Thurston House Full Circle Family Album Wanderlust Fine Things Kaleidoscope Zoya Daddy
1990s	Message from Nam No Greater Love Jewels Mixed Blessings Accident The Gift Five Days in Paris Silent Honor Special Delivery The Long Road Home The Klone and I Mirror Image
2000s	The Wedding Sunset in St. Tropez Safe Harbour Ransom Second Chance Echoes Impossible Miracle Toxic Bachelors The House Coming Out H.R.H. Sisters Bungalow 2 Amazing Grace Honor Thyself Rogue A Good Woman One Day at a Time Matters of the Heart Southern Lights
2010s	Big Girl Family Ties Hotel Vendome Betrayal Friends Forever Undercover Dangerous Games Against All Odds
Adaptations	The Promise (1979) Now and Forever (1983) Crossings (1986) Kaleidoscope (1990) Fine Things (1990) Changes (1991) Palomino (1991) Daddy (1991) Jewels (1992) Secrets (1992) Star (1993) Heartbeat (1993) Family Album (1994) Once in a Lifetime (1994) Mixed Blessings (1995) Vanished (1995) The Ring (1996) No Greater Love (1996) Safe Harbour (2007)

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