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      • The veneer of decorum that cloaks the fictional fishing village of Salty Creek, S.C., does little to smother the stink of prejudice in “Sophie and the Rising Sun,” a genteel love story set in the autumn of 1941 during the run-up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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  2. Feb 2, 2017 · The veneer of decorum that cloaks the fictional fishing village of Salty Creek, S.C., does little to smother the stink of prejudice in “Sophie and the Rising Sun,” a genteel love story set in the...

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  3. Feb 9, 2024 · DoesSophie and the Rising Sun” have a hopeful ending? While the film ends tragically with Grover’s death, Sophie’s commitment to preserving their dream through the garden offers a glimmer of hope and resilience.

  4. Jan 23, 2016 · The scent of Southern climbing roses mingles with the ugly acridity of small-town racial prejudice in “Sophie and the Rising Sun,” a safe, gentle-hearted romantic drama that succeeds most...

  5. The romance, which takes place just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, follows Sophie, a single woman who is a crabber in a small Southern town, and Grover Ohta, a Japanese-American man who finds himself stranded, unable to head home to California. The book explores prejudice, misinformation and love.

  6. Sophie and the Rising Sun is a movie caught halfway between wartime homeland drama and interracial romance, and not particularly satisfying as either. Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/10...

  7. Sep 24, 2002 · One of Sophie's few childhood friends was Sally, a friendship Sophie's mother put to an end when she discovered it. Given that Sophie grew up in an environment that fostered prejudice and segregation, how is it that she is able to see beyond the close-mindedness she had been taught?

  8. Sep 24, 2002 · Sophie and the Rising Sun. by Augusta Trobaugh. About the Book. Salty Creek is a sleepy Georgia town where everyone knows everyone else's business, along with their place in the hierarchy of color, class, and family history. Strangers rarely enter their midst, and a mysterious arrival in the spring of 1939 soon sets tongues wagging.

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