Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Harper Collins
DDC/MDS
| 813.54 |
Description
After giving birth to a child out of wedlock on the eve of World War II, Emi Okada flees to the U.S. where she endures internment in the Colorado desert and then embarks on a lifetime of unraveling the family secrets that have shaped her troubled existence.
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LibraryThing member tjsjohanna
My impressions: interesting but ultimately unfulfilling. The real message I got was much of the tragedy of the book was more tragic than reality because of how it was perceived by the characters. Those who truly suffered were less important than those who suffered from their perceptions. It was an
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