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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981-     Subjects     Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981-     Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981- -- Family.     Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981- -- Travel -- Japan.     Japanese American women -- Biography.     Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity.     Japanese Americans -- Biography.     Ryukyuans -- New York (State) -- Biography.     Interracial marriage -- United States -- Biography.     Racially mixed people -- Biography.     Okinawa-ken (Japan) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981-       by title:      Speak, Okinawa : a m...       by call number:      305.488956 B858s     Search the Web     Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981-     Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981-     Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981- -- Family.     Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981- -- Travel -- Japan.     Japanese American women -- Biography.     Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity.     Japanese Americans -- Biography.     Ryukyuans -- New York (State) -- Biography.     Interracial marriage -- United States -- Biography.     Racially mixed people -- Biography.     Okinawa-ken (Japan) -- Biography.       MARC Display

Speak, Okinawa : a memoir / Elizabeth Miki Brina. by Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981- Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. Call #: 305.488956 B858s Subjects Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981-   Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981- -- Family.   Brina, Elizabeth Miki, 1981- -- Travel -- Japan.   Japanese American women -- Biography.   Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity.   Japanese Americans -- Biography.   Ryukyuans -- New York (State) -- Biography.   Interracial marriage -- United States -- Biography.   Racially mixed people -- Biography.   Okinawa-ken (Japan) -- Biography. ISBN:  9780525657347 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  289 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Notes:  "This is a Borzoi book" -- title page verso. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  "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."--From publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.488956 B858s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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