Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family
To celebrate Oregon's 150th birthday, the Oregon Library Association has chosen one book for all Oregonians to read: Stubborn Twig. Lauren Kessler's award-winning book, the selection for the statewide Oregon Reads program, is a classic story of immigrants making their way in a new land. It is a living work of social history that rings with the power of truth and the drama of fiction, a moving saga about the challenges of becoming an American.\ Masuo Yasui traveled from Japan across the other...
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Kessler's story of the Yasuis, a Japanese American family interned in a relocation camp during World War II, is an important example of the American experience, reflecting racism, hard work and endurance. Kessler follows the family from its first generation in the US to the descendents living throughout the country today. The text includes discussion questions for reading groups and an interview with Homer Yasui, son of the Yasui patriarch. Distributed by the U. of Washington Press. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Publishers Weekly Kessler portrays a Japanese American family from the early 1900s to WWII internment camps and after. (Nov.)
Foreword Governor Theodore R. Kulongski ixPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xviIssei: The First GenerationSpacious Dreams 3Paradise 19Roots Sunk Deep 35The Yellow Scourge 53Mat Yasui, Cottage Industry 67Paradise Lost 89Nisei: The Second GenerationA Shadow Across the Canvas 109The Overachievers 137Oriental Jailbird 153A Viper Is a Viper 175Behind Barbed Wire 189Homecoming 211Two Hundred Percent American 227Sansei: The Third GenerationWillow Flat 247The Past Is Prologue 263Interview with Homer Yasui 279Reading Group Questions 285Sources 287Index 299
\ Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly\ Kessler portrays a Japanese American family from the early 1900s to WWII internment camps and after. (Nov.)\ \
