Book description
In the dark days of war, a mother makes the ultimate sacrifice Lucy
Takeda is just fourteen years old, living in Los Angeles, when the bombs
rain down on Pearl Harbor. Within weeks, she and her mother, Miyako, are
ripped from their home, rounded up along with thousands of other
innocent Japanese-Americans and taken to the Manzanar prison camp.
Buffeted by blistering heat and choking dust, Lucy and Miyako must
endure the harsh living conditions of the camp. Corruption and abuse
creep into every corner of Manzanar, eventually ensnaring beautiful,
vulnerable Miyako. Ruined and unwilling to surrender her daughter to the
same fate, Miyako soon breaks. Her final act of desperation will stay
with Lucy forever ∧ spur her to sins of her own. Bestselling author
Sophie Littlefield weaves a powerful tale of stolen innocence and
survival that echoes through generations, reverberating between mothers
and daughters. It is a moving chronicle of injustice, triumph and the
unspeakable acts we commit in the name of love. "Littlefield has a
gift for pacing...page-turning action and evocative, sensual, harrowing
descriptions." Publishers Weekly In the dark days of war, a
mother makes the ultimate sacrifice Lucy Takeda is just fourteen years
old, living in Los Angeles, when the bombs rain down on Pearl Harbor.
Within weeks, she and her mother, Miyako, are ripped from their home,
rounded up along with thousands of other innocent Japanese-Americans and
taken to the Manzanar prison camp. Buffeted by blistering heat and
choking dust, Lucy and Miyako must endure the harsh living conditions of
the camp. Corruption and abuse creep into every corner of Manzanar,
eventually ensnaring beautiful, vulnerable Miyako. Ruined and unwilling
to surrender her daughter to the same fate, Miyako soon breaks. Her
final act of desperation will stay with Lucy forever ∧ spur her to sins
of her own. Bestselling author Sophie Littlefield weaves a powerful tale
of stolen innocence and survival that echoes through generations,
reverberating between mothers and daughters. It is a moving chronicle of
injustice, triumph and the unspeakable acts we commit in the name of
love. "Littlefield has a gift for pacing...page-turning action and
evocative, sensual, harrowing descriptions." Publishers Weekly
