Farewell to Manzanar
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"Farewell to Manzanar is the true story of one spirited Japanese American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention...and of a native-born American child who discovered what it was like to grow up behind barbed wire in the United States. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET
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I know I have read Farewell to Manzanar at some point in the past, but it was good to reread as an adult. My grandparents and their families were incarcerated at Manzanar, and it is amazing how consistent their stories are with Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's stories, although my grandparents were about 10 years older than Houston was during the time. This did provide me with a different perspective, that of a pre-teen growing up imprisoned versus that of my grandparents in their early 20s and just starting to build their adult lives. Houston provides descriptive details of live in the camp and also introspection about her own family dynamics and how she and the various members of her family were affected by the experience. Because Manzanar is such an important part of my own family's story, I'm always amazed to hear when people don't even know about this part of American history, so this is a great place to start.
