comment on theme

Family is an important theme in the novel “This One Summer” by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki. Family involves mutual love, compassion, loyalty towards, and emotional, spiritual, and physical support of individuals who may or may not be blood-related, but who still behave in the fashion of the traditional family unit. In the novel, family proves to have fewer redeeming moments than it has positive influence on Rose’s life.