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Indlæser... Speak, Okinawa: A Memoiraf Elizabeth Miki Brina
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Starkly honest account by the daughter of an Okinawan mother and an American father. Heartbreaking memories of how American-born children can feel disconnected from their non-English speaking parent. Elizabeth Brina opens up her soul and heart to share the reality of her life as an American who seeks to reconnect to her Okinawan mother. Brina's creative weaving of little-known Okinawan history into her own story is brilliant. ( ) audio nonfiction/memoir. mixed race daughter (mother is from Okinawa, father is Caucasian-American in the military) relates her experiences growing up (racism and microaggressions) and also the social history of post-WW2 US-occupied Okinawa and the experiences of her mother. The first part of this is pretty difficult to read; despite feeling more American than Okinawan, the author grew up with so much self-hatred and the resulting destructive, unhealthy relationships she endures are not easy to read about. The history of Okinawa is little-known and deserves recognition, as well as her mother's loneliness and isolation living in a place where she doesn't speak the language. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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"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"-- No library descriptions found. |
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