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The Buddha in the attic

by Julie Otsuka

Cover of The Buddha in the attic
Popularity 39

Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage, and the prospect of wartime internment.

FictionJapaneseMail order bridesHistoryFiction, family lifeSan francisco (calif.), fictionFiction, historical, generalJapanese americans, fictionJapanese fiction