The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

The Buddha in the Attic

The way this book was written was, well, different. I thought it was just the introduction, but the whole book is written in the same tone. The book tells the story of many Japanese women who came to the United States as picture brides, got married, had children and then left to go to the Japanese camps when the Second World War broke out. There are no names mentioned, and it is not the story of anyone in particular, but many.

Within book club we discussed the forced removal of the Japanese people and the fact that many of us weren't even told about it in school.

Here's another book discussing the same forced removal of Japanese people that we discussed in book club. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

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