Isabel Allende's 'The Japanese Lover' tells the poignant story of Alma Belasco, who, as a young Polish immigrant, falls in love with Ichimei Fukuda, the son of her family's Japanese gardener, in 1940s San Francisco. Their forbidden romance is tragically interrupted by the Japanese internment during World War II. Decades later, as Alma reflects on her life in a nursing home, the secrets of her enduring passion and hidden past begin to unravel, revealing a profound and timeless love that defies societal conventions and historical upheaval.