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Obasan Author: Based on the author's own experiences, this award-winning novel was the first to tell the story of the evacuation, relocation, and dispersal of Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry during the Second World War.
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Story of Japanese Americans interred during WWII - heart breaking glimpse into the reality these people suffered at the hands of an ignorant government.
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A schoolteacher (circa 1972) looks back on the life of her family during the 1940s and 1950s as they were relocated from Vancouver B.C. to the Lethbridge area of Alberta.
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Well-written, bittersweet in places, good introductory book for teens also.
Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Literature & Fiction >> Genre Fiction >> Historical
- Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> Canadian >> General
- Literature & Fiction >> Authors, A-Z >> ( K ) >> Kogawa, Joy