Festival of Stars

They are meant for each other, but they only have one chance a year to find each other.That is the story of the two lovers of the Japanese Tanabata, one of the world’s great romances. The lovers look for each other in every generation.Kristin Olafsson is Japanese on her mother’s side. So is Dare Borodin. Yet they are completely different. A car accident on summer rain-slicked Indiana roads sends Dare to Kristin’s emergency room. From there and then, from Indiana to Seattle, and from legend to today, they echo the legendary star lovers. And yet they struggle against the protestations of their American families - one family embracing their heritage, the other ignoring theirs. The opposition of friends tears at them. And they even doubt what seems to be their own destiny.In the legend, the Weaver Princess and the Cowherder must cross the River of Heaven, borne on the wings of their servants the star ravens. But now, who will be Kristin and Dare’s helpers? How can they overcome the forces that keep them apart time after time? Gambatte, star lovers. Gambatte, Kristin and Dare. May the wings of the star ravens bring you together.

Elizabeth MS Flynn writes fiction and nonfiction as Eilis Flynn.