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Nisei Daughter by Monica Itoi Sone

4.0

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Kazuko was born here in Seattle, along with her 3 siblings, but her parents were both immigrants from Japan. (Issei is 1st genereation, Nisei is 2nd generation) They lived for a time in the hotel that her parents owned and operated, but were eventually able to move into an apartment and later a house. There was a lot of racial stigmatism and it only got worse in the late 30's. Then Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Kazuko and her family were forced to move to "Camp Harmony" at the Puyallup fairgrounds and then to Camp Minidoka in Idaho. After a year there, she was able to move east and live with a family in the midwest, work for a while and then go back to college.
A fascinating introspective look into a horrible time in US history.