Daughter of Moloka'i.
Daughter of Moloka'i.
Alternate Title
:
Daughter of Molokai
By
:
Brennert, Alan.
Publication Date
:
2019
Subject Term
:
Adoptees -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
War stories.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
The book follows young Ruth from her arrival at the Kapi'olani Home for Girls in Honolulu, to her adoption by a Japanese couple who raise her on a strawberry and grape farm in California, her marriage and unjust internment at Manzanar Relocation Camp during World War II--and then, after the war, to the life-altering day when she receives a letter from a woman who says she is Ruth's birth mother, Rachel.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781250137661
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC BRE | Checked In |