Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir

Elizabeth Miki Brina

304 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
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A “hauntingly beautiful memoir about family and identity” (NPR) and a young woman’s journey to understanding her complicated parents—her mother an Okinawan war bride, her father a Vietnam veteran—and her own, fraught cultural heritage.Elizabeth’s ...

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Moods

emotional 89%
reflective 89%
sad 55%
informative 53%
challenging 38%
hopeful 23%
inspiring 21%
dark 16%
tense 11%
adventurous 3%
funny 2%
mysterious 1%

Pace

medium 77%
slow 16%
fast 6%

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4.26

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