Picture Bride: A Novel by Yoshiko Uchida (Classics of Asian

Picture Bride: A Novel by Yoshiko Uchida (Classics of Asian American Literature)

Carrying a photograph of the man she is to marry but has yet to meet, young Hana Omiya arrives in San Francisco, California, in 1917, one of several hundred Japanese "picture brides" whose arranged marriages brought them to America in the early 1900s.

Her story is intertwined with others: her husband, Taro Takeda, an Oakland shopkeeper; Kiku and her husband Henry, who reject demeaning city work to become farmers; Dr. Kaneda, a respected community leader who is destroyed by the adopted land he loves. All are caught up in the cruel turmoil of World War II, when West Coast Japanese Americans are uprooted from their homes and imprisoned in desert detention camps. Although tragedy strikes each of them, the same strength that brought her to America enable Hana to survive.
Country USA
Brand University of Washington Press
Manufacturer University of Washington Press
Binding Paperback
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Country	USA
Brand	University of Washington Press
Manufacturer	University of Washington Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780295976167
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780295976167
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Picture Bride: A Novel by Yoshiko Uchida (Classics of Asian American Literature)