Midnight in Broad Daylight

Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds | Pamela Rotner Sakamoto

#ReadingResolutions #heartwrenching #misunderstood š¤§A busy week plus a cold have me combining challenge prompts to catch up. I went to a writer's workshop last Saturday & took a creative non-fiction session from this author. Her book is the heart-wrenching story of a real-life Japanese-American family caught up on opposite sides of WWII. I like reading about different sides & perspectives as I think many aspects about this war are misunderstood.

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Eggs I too love reading different perspectives of that war...have been studying it much of my life and still learning! 7y

LeahBergen Have you heard of this book? It was just chosen as the winner of this year‘s Canada Reads

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JaclynW Good point!! It can be quite eye-opening and mind-blowing to see things from another point of view - if we allow ourselves to. 7y

DebinHawaii @LeahBergen I have not but it sounds good. Thank you. Stacking it! š“š‘¨ 7y

Laalaleighh This sounds amazing. Stacking. Looking forward to your review! 7y

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DebinHawaii

Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds | Pamela Rotner Sakamoto

Slightly disappointed that our writing workshop venue changed & our normal lanai setting for the public parts is now indoors-but it's supposed to be a stormy day...

I also bought 3 books from the authors I'll be taking workshops from.š¤·š¸¼ā€¨ā™€ļø¸In my defense this conference is on my book-buying exception list & I'm supporting local authors & in this case local female authors. I'm taking creative non-fiction with the author of the tagged book first.

Herschelian Have just added ā€Water Ghosts‘ to my TBR list having seen it on your post. 7y

DebinHawaii @Herschelian I hope you enjoy it. It looks good. š‘¨š“ 7y

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Nitpickyabouttrains

Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds | Pamela Rotner Sakamoto

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This book covers one families journey through the Great Depression and World War Two. They are Japanese, living both on the west coast and in Japan. Truly fascinating.

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Endrilkay

Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds | Pamela Rotner Sakamoto

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I am still processing how much I adored this book. Packed with a lifetime of information and stories, it's as easy to read as a novel, but with the stark contrast of some hard acknowledged truths of racism, injustice, and the horrors of WWII, with somr interesting insight into the immigrant experience in the beginning of the 20th century. I wish I could write a more cohesive review, but wow.

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MelanieMefford

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I'm still reading this, but it's amazing. I feel tears coming.

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mrldg

Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds | Pamela Rotner Sakamoto

A long look at Japanese Americans before, during, and after the war. Starting in Auburn, WA, this is a true story of a complicated family living in two worlds. So many perspectives that it seemed dizzying at times, but this was history, felt I needed to finish and learn. Perhaps because I live in the PNW I keep finding more and more books depicting the Japanese experiences.

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