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* BlamingTheVictim: When Radmila finds out about her husband [[spoiler:exploiting his stepdaughter to produce child porn]], she proceeds to beat up ''her child'', calling her a whore for seducing the man. What makes this even worse is that Radmila herself was a victim of HumanTrafficking as a teen.
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* BlamingTheVictim: When Radmila finds out about her husband [[spoiler:exploiting his stepdaughter to produce child porn]], she proceeds to beat up ''her child'', calling her a whore for seducing the man. What makes this even worse is that Radmila herself was a victim of HumanTrafficking HumanTraffickers as a teen.
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* HumanTrafficking: While living in Moldavia, Radmila meets a woman who promises a lucrative job as a server. She ends up as a prisoner in a bórdelo in Turkey for two years until she is able to escape.
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* HumanTrafficking: HumanTraffickers: While living in Moldavia, Radmila meets a woman who promises a lucrative job as a server. She ends up as a prisoner in a bórdelo bordello in Turkey for two years until she is able to escape.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Alma has an unwanted pregnancy [[spoiler:(the father is Ichimei)]] and arranges to have one in Mexico. At the last minute, she changes her mind.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: A pregnant Alma has an unwanted pregnancy [[spoiler:(the father is Ichimei)]] and arranges to have one in Tijuana, Mexico. Nathaniel is shocked but he drives her down. At the last minute, after she changes her mind.is offered tequila in lieu of painkillers, he announces they are getting married and having the baby.
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* HumanTrafficking: While living in Moldavia, Radmila meets a woman who promises a lucrative job as a server. She ends up as a prisoner in a bórdelo in Turkey for two years until she is able to escape.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Irina is very short and thin. She is described as looking like a malnourished eight-year-old boy at the age of twelve.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Irina is very short and thin. She is described as looking like a malnourished eight-year-old boy at the age of twelve.
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* BlamingTheVictim: When Radmilla Radmila finds out about her husband [[spoiler:exploiting his stepdaughter to produce child porn]], she proceeds to beat up ''her child'', calling her a whore for seducing the man. What makes this even worse is that Radmilla Radmila herself was a victim of HumanTrafficking as a teen.
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* ADogNamedDog: A feline version. Before the Fukudas report for relocation, Ichimei leaves Neko, the family cat in Alan's care. Neko means "cat" in Japanese.
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* ADogNamedDog: A feline version. Before the Fukudas report for relocation, Ichimei leaves Neko, the family cat in Alan's Alma's care. Neko means "cat" in Japanese.
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* HatesBeingTouched: Seth notices this about Irina. It takes a very long time for her to reveal the reason: [[spoiler:her stepfather forced her to participate in child porn, and she remains traumatized]].
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* HatesBeingTouched: Seth notices this about Irina. It takes a very long time for her to reveal the reason: [[spoiler:her stepfather forced her to participate in child porn, and she remains traumatized]].traumatized]].
* RaisedByGrandparents: Irina is raised in a Moldavian village by her grandparents Petruta and Costea until the age of twelve, when her mother makes arrangements for her daughter to come live with her and her American husband.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Irina is raised in a Moldavian village by her grandparents Petruta and Costea until the age of twelve, when her mother makes arrangements for her daughter to come live with her and her American husband.
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* ConvenientMiscarriage: Alma becomes pregnant [[spoiler: and Ichimei's the father. She marries Nathaniel, but she miscarriages in her fifth month]]. Eventually she and her husband have a child of their own.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Alma has an unwanted pregnancy [[spoiler:(the father is Ichimei)]] and arranges to have one in Mexico. At the last minute, she changes her mind.
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''El amante japonés'' (''The Japanese Lover'') is a 2015 novel by Creator/IsabelAllende.
It's 2010. Twenty-three-year-old Irina Bazili starts working at a geriatric facility. One of the residents, Alma Belasco (née Mendel) hires Irina as a personal assistant. During the next three years, Irina forms a friendship with Alma's grandson Seth. The pair try to find out more about Alma, who was sent to live with her aunt and uncle in the US by her Polish parents during WWII.
It's 2010. Twenty-three-year-old Irina Bazili starts working at a geriatric facility. One of the residents, Alma Belasco (née Mendel) hires Irina as a personal assistant. During the next three years, Irina forms a friendship with Alma's grandson Seth. The pair try to find out more about Alma, who was sent to live with her aunt and uncle in the US by her Polish parents during WWII.
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''The Japanese Lover'' (Original Spanish title: ''El amantejaponés'' (''The Japanese Lover'') japonés'') is a 2015 novel by Creator/IsabelAllende.
It's 2010. Twenty-three-year-old Irina Bazili starts working at a geriatric facility. One of the residents, Alma Belasco (née Mendel) hires Irina as a personal assistant. During the next three years, Irina forms a friendship with Alma's grandson Seth. The pair try to find out more about Alma, who was sent to live with her aunt and uncle in the US by her Polish parents duringWWII.
WWII, as well as her relationship with the family gardener's youngest son, Ichimei Fukuda.
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''The Japanese Lover'' (Original Spanish title: ''El amante
It's 2010. Twenty-three-year-old Irina Bazili starts working at a geriatric facility. One of the residents, Alma Belasco (née Mendel) hires Irina as a personal assistant. During the next three years, Irina forms a friendship with Alma's grandson Seth. The pair try to find out more about Alma, who was sent to live with her aunt and uncle in the US by her Polish parents during
* BlamingTheVictim: When Radmilla finds out about her husband [[spoiler:exploiting his stepdaughter to produce child porn]], she proceeds to beat up ''her child'', calling her a whore for seducing the man. What makes this even worse is that Radmilla herself was a victim of HumanTrafficking as a teen.
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* HatesBeingTouched: Seth notices this about Irina. It takes a very long time for her to reveal the reason: [[spoiler:her stepfather forced her to participate in child porn]].
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* HatesBeingTouched: Seth notices this about Irina. It takes a very long time for her to reveal the reason: [[spoiler:her stepfather forced her to participate in child porn]].porn, and she remains traumatized]].
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* ADogNamedDog: A feline version. Before the Fukudas report for relocation, Ichimei leaves Neko, the family cat in Alan's care. Neko means "cat" in Japanese.
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* HatesToBeTouched: Seth notices this about Irina. It takes a very long time for her to reveal the reason: [[spoiler:her stepfather forced her to participate in child porn]].
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* HatesToBeTouched: HatesBeingTouched: Seth notices this about Irina. It takes a very long time for her to reveal the reason: [[spoiler:her stepfather forced her to participate in child porn]].
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Part of Irina's job is to pay Alma's traffic tickets because the octogenarian treats traffic laws as if they were optional.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Alma has an unwanted pregnancy and arranges to have one in Mexico. At the last minute, she changes her mind.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Alma has an unwanted pregnancy and arranges to have one in Mexico. At the last minute, she changes her mind.mind.
* HatesToBeTouched: Seth notices this about Irina. It takes a very long time for her to reveal the reason: [[spoiler:her stepfather forced her to participate in child porn]].
* HatesToBeTouched: Seth notices this about Irina. It takes a very long time for her to reveal the reason: [[spoiler:her stepfather forced her to participate in child porn]].
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''El amante japonés'' (''The Japanese Lover'') is a 2015 novel by Creator/IsabelAllende.
It's 2010. Twenty-three-year-old Irina Bazili starts working at a geriatric facility. One of the residents, Alma Belasco (née Mendel) hires Irina as a personal assistant. During the next three years, Irina forms a friendship with Alma's grandson Seth. The pair try to find out more about Alma, who was sent to live with her aunt and uncle in the US by her Polish parents during WWII.
!Tropes present in this work:
* TheAtoner: Irina was raised by her grandparents in a village in Moldavia and feels bad about leaving them behind when she emigrated to the US. Her work at Lark House allows her to give the resident the care and attention she did not get to give her grandparents.
* EthnicMenialLabor: Irina learns enough phrases in French and Spanish that she ingratiates herself with her co-workers, most of whom come from Mexico, Guatemala, and Haiti and earn low wages. There is Lupita Farías, the lead of the housekeeping team, who is described as having the face of an Olmec sculpture. There is also Haitian caregiver Jean Daniel.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Alma has an unwanted pregnancy and arranges to have one in Mexico. At the last minute, she changes her mind.
It's 2010. Twenty-three-year-old Irina Bazili starts working at a geriatric facility. One of the residents, Alma Belasco (née Mendel) hires Irina as a personal assistant. During the next three years, Irina forms a friendship with Alma's grandson Seth. The pair try to find out more about Alma, who was sent to live with her aunt and uncle in the US by her Polish parents during WWII.
!Tropes present in this work:
* TheAtoner: Irina was raised by her grandparents in a village in Moldavia and feels bad about leaving them behind when she emigrated to the US. Her work at Lark House allows her to give the resident the care and attention she did not get to give her grandparents.
* EthnicMenialLabor: Irina learns enough phrases in French and Spanish that she ingratiates herself with her co-workers, most of whom come from Mexico, Guatemala, and Haiti and earn low wages. There is Lupita Farías, the lead of the housekeeping team, who is described as having the face of an Olmec sculpture. There is also Haitian caregiver Jean Daniel.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Alma has an unwanted pregnancy and arranges to have one in Mexico. At the last minute, she changes her mind.
