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A review by bldinmt
Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
4.0
This is a moving memoir about a shameful facet of American history--Japanese internment camps during WWII. It is also a celebration of the power of both love and reading. The inclusion of a guard tower looming beyond the library window throughout was a poignant anchor for the place and time of the story.
The Author's Note minces no words in a way that rocked my socks off. Here's a taste. "This is not to say that it was 'worth it.' Their improbable joy does not excuse virulent racism, nor does it minimize the pain, the trauma, and the deaths that resulted from it. But it is to situate it into the deeply American tradition of racism."
The Author's Note minces no words in a way that rocked my socks off. Here's a taste. "This is not to say that it was 'worth it.' Their improbable joy does not excuse virulent racism, nor does it minimize the pain, the trauma, and the deaths that resulted from it. But it is to situate it into the deeply American tradition of racism."