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Why she left usRahna R. Rizzuto

Why she left us

1999295 pages
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"Why She Left Us weaves in and out of the personal tragedies and political persecution of three generations of a Japanese American family and exposes the complex, often destructive bonds of love and honor that tie a family together."--BOOK JACKET. "At the center of the story is Emi Okada, a young girl who finds herself pregnant and alone on the eve of World War II. She gives up her firstborn, Eric, for adoption, but her mother finds the boy and brings him home, intent on raising him as part of the Okada family. This crucial event becomes a turning point in the story as it dramatically alters…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 2002
    HarperCollins · 9780732268145
  • Other · English · 1999
    HarperCollins · 295 pages · 9780060193706
FictionJapanese AmericansConcentration campsEvacuation and relocation, 1942-1945World War, 1939-1945Fiction, sagasFiction, historical, generalAsian americans, fiction