
Clark and Division
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Narrated by:
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Allison Hiroto
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Naomi Hirahara
Set in 1944 Chicago, Edgar Award-winner Naomi Hirahara’s eye-opening and poignant new mystery, the story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's death, brings to focus the struggles of one Japanese-American family released from mass incarceration at Manzanar during World War II.
Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where they have been detained by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, together with thousands of other Japanese Americans. The life in California the Itos were forced to leave behind is gone; instead, they are being resettled 2,000 miles away in Chicago, where Aki’s older sister, Rose, was sent months earlier and moved to the new Japanese-American neighborhood near Clark and Division streets. But on the eve of the Ito family’s reunion, Rose is killed by a subway train.
Aki, who worshipped her sister, is stunned. Officials are ruling Rose’s death a suicide. Aki cannot believe her perfect, polished, and optimistic sister would end her life. Her instinct tells her there is much more to the story, and she knows she is the only person who could ever learn the truth.
Inspired by historical events, Clark and Division infuses an atmospheric and heartbreakingly real-crime fiction plot with rich period details and delicately wrought personal stories Naomi Hirahara has gleaned from 30 years of research and archival work in Japanese-American history.
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But most of the story takes place in Chicago when families were allowed to resettle in American heartland cities. Rose went first and when things were arranged, the family followed. The tragedy they faced on arrival was devastating, and Aki was determined to find the truth and to honor her sister.
The journey for Aki is long, painful, and increasingly dangerous. She makes good friends and bad enemies along the way. But she is determined and pushes forward to the explosive ending.
Hirahara has a way of writing strong human emotions with minimal words. And her characters are memorable and stay with you after the book is finished. Justice is served, but there are some loose ends, hopeful but unresolved, that I hope will be addressed in the next book, EVERGREEN.
Engaging story of sister love and honor
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Impressive story telling
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Strong female protagonist educational window into internment of Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans in the USA
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It also showed the strength and unity of the Japanese culture and how the communities and familys supported one another in the camps and resettlement afterwards when thousands lost everything they owned, their homes, and their businesses.
Great narration . Excellent story line.
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Excellent representation of Japanese American Intergenerational Relationships
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Japanese in the US Concentration camp WW II
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Historical Fiction
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Hometown mystery
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Wonderful!
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