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The Buddha in the attic / Julie Otsuka. by Otsuka, Julie, 1962- Thorndike Press, 2012, c2011. Call #: LP FICTION OTS Subjects Mail order brides -- Fiction.   Women immigrants -- Fiction.   Japanese -- California -- Fiction.   Japanese American women -- Fiction.   PEN/Faulkner Award.   San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781410446220 Edition:  Large print ed. Description:  282 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Notes:  "Gale Cengage Learning." Summary:  In six unforgettable, incantatory sections, the novel traces their new lives as "icture brides": the arduous voyage by boat, where the girls trade photos of their husbands and imagine uncertain futures in an unknown land ... their arrival in San Francisco and the tremulous first nights with their new husbands ... backbreaking toil as migrant workers in the fields and in the homes of white women ... the struggle to learn a new language and culture ... giving birth and raising children who come to reject their heritage . . . and, finally, the arrival of war, and the agonizing prospect of their internment. Awards:  Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, 2012. Genre:  Historical fiction. Women's fiction. Novellas. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Large Print Fiction LP FICTION OTS Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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