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Hardcover Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir Book

ISBN: 0525657347

ISBN13: 9780525657347

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir

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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 mother was working as a nightclub hostess on U.S.-occupied Okinawa when she met the American soldier who would become her husband. The language barrier and power imbalance that defined...

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History and culture

Great book for anyone interested in WWII Okinawa! Loved it.
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