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agarje1 's review for:
Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir
by Elizabeth Miki Brina
This was a really excellent memoir that mixed Okinawan, Japanese, and American history with the author's own family story to create a compelling narrative about identity, race, belonging, and family. Most of the book is told in a very conversational style that makes it feel like the author is speaking to the reader (and Sachi Lovett's excellent narration heightens this effect). Other sections are told in the first person plural from the perspective of Okinawans recounting events in the history of their islands, and I found that the slightly experimental tone and structure of these sections worked brilliantly. My only criticism would be that the ending section, which is a departure from the main thread(s) of the memoir, jumps back and forth between time and perspectives a little too quickly - I felt it would have been more effective if it jumped back and forth a bit less.