Obasan #Archivespets Rita has been tasked with

Rita has been tasked with caring for their adopted son Wolfie

Showcasing growing and foraging tips

National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin’s sobering exploration of this monumental injustice shines as bright a light on current events as it does on the past

and ultimately to the internment years and beyond

foreword by Mitsuye Yamada

Obasan #Archivespets Rita has been tasked withBy Joy Kogawa A powerful and passionate novel, Obasan tells, through the eyes of a child, the moving story of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. Naomi is a sheltered and beloved five year old when Pearl Harbor changes her life. Separated from her mother, she watches bewildered as she and her family become enemy aliens, persecuted and despised in their own land. Surrounded by hardship and pain, Naomi is protected by the resolute endurance