My heart is feeling a thousand different things right now. One of them is cold fear and concern. This is something that may happen within the next few years. History should be a lesson from which to grow and learn. Not a fucking itinerary by which to live and destroy. This book... is so powerful & profound.
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This is turning into one of the most phenomenal books that I've read all year.
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Just a few pages in and I already know this is going to be an emotionally intense book about a dark and uncomfortable period of American history (Japanese internment experience). I will say this: the writing is absolutely stunning.
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Adult #fiction #BookHaul that's all #OwnVoices & #DiverseBooks about #China & #Japan! My most-anticipated is #TheBuddhaInTheAttic, which is a #HistoricalFiction novel about a group of young women who were "picture brides" brought over to San Francisco from Japan. There are 8 sections chronicling the journeys of these women! It's written by #JulieOtsuka who also wrote #WhenTheEmperorWasDivine, which is a tale of Japanese Internment in Utah.
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pickThis slim novel chronicles one Japanese-American family's experience during WWII, including their forced relocation and subsequent imprisonment in a Utah internment camp. Written in Otsuka's beautiful prose, the story showcases the heartbreak and disillusionment that characterized this often-unmentioned corner of American history.
Read more: http://bit.ly/2aR906e
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