Download or read book The Cherry Blossom Rarely Smiles written by Ioana Lee and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cherry Blossom Rarely Smiles: An Impossible Love Story Spanning Decades, Continents and Defying Cultures By: Ioana Lee In this powerful memoir spanning decades, The Cherry Blossom Rarely Smiles shows the life of a young Romanian woman who grew up in a communist dictatorship, dreaming of the day she would travel and see the world. While studying Japanese and English, the young woman meets a sophisticated and wealthy man, a young Japanese aristocrat. A story full of love, dramatic misunderstandings, and failures, will Ioana overcome such challenges and find true love?