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  • The Good Shufu

    Finding Love, Self, and Home on the Far Side of the World

    by Tracy Slater ...
    The brave, wry, irresistible journey of a fiercely independent American woman who finds everything she ever wanted in the most unexpected place.Shufu: in Japanese it means “housewife,” and it’s the last thing Tracy Slater ever thought she’d call herself. A writer and academic, Tracy carefully constructed a life she loved in her hometown of Boston. But everything is upended when she falls head over ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Together in Manzanar

    The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp

    by Tracy Slater ...
    On a late March morning in the spring of 1942, Elaine Yoneda awoke to a series of terrible choices: between her family and freedom, her country and conscience, and her son and daughter.She was the child of Russian Jewish immigrants and the wife of a Japanese American man. On this war-torn morning, she was also a mother desperate to keep her young mixed-race son from being sent to a US ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Together in Manzanar

    The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp

    by Tracy Slater ...
    Narrated by Edelyn Okano ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 46 min

    On a late March morning in the spring of 1942, Elaine Yoneda awoke to a series of terrible choices: between her family and freedom, her country and conscience, and her son and daughter.She was the child of Russian Jewish immigrants and the wife of a Japanese American man. On this war-torn morning, she was also a mother desperate to keep her young mixed-race son from being sent to a US ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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