Speak, Okinawa : a memoir
(Large Print)
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2021.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
367 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Status
PCPLS - Portage Public Library - Large Print
305.48 BRINA
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305.48 BRINA
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PCPLS - Valparaiso Public Library - Large Print
305.48 BRINA
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305.48 BRINA
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Brina, Elizabeth Miki, -- 1981-
Brina, Elizabeth Miki, -- 1981- -- Family.
Brina, Elizabeth Miki, -- 1981- -- Travel -- Japan.
Intercountry marriage -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Japanese American women -- Biography.
Japanese Americans -- Biography.
Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Large type books.
Okinawa-ken (Japan) -- Biography.
Ryukyuans -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Brina, Elizabeth Miki, -- 1981- -- Family.
Brina, Elizabeth Miki, -- 1981- -- Travel -- Japan.
Intercountry marriage -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Japanese American women -- Biography.
Japanese Americans -- Biography.
Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Large type books.
Okinawa-ken (Japan) -- Biography.
Ryukyuans -- New York (State) -- Biography.
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2021.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Regular print version previously published by: Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Description
"A searing, deeply candid memoir about a young woman's journey to understanding her complicated parents--her father a Vietnam veteran, her mother an Okinawan war bride--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 their early relationship followed them to the predominantly white, upstate New York suburb where they moved to raise their only daughter. There, Elizabeth grew up with the trappings of a typical American childhood and adolescence. Yet, even though she felt almost no connection to her mother's distant home, she also felt out of place among her peers. Decades later, Elizabeth comes to recognize the shame and self-loathing that haunt both her and her mother, and attempts a form of reconciliation, not only to come to terms with the embattled dynamics of her family but also to reckon with the injustices that reverberate throughout the history of Okinawa and its people. Clear-eyed and profoundly humane, Speak, Okinawa is a startling accomplishment--a heartfelt exploration of identity, inheritance, forgiveness, and what it means to be an American"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brina, E. M. (2021). Speak, Okinawa: a memoir (Center Point Large Print edition.). Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981-. 2021. Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir. Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981-. Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir Center Point Large Print, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brina, Elizabeth Miki. Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir Center Point Large Print edition., Center Point Large Print, 2021.
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