{"product_id":"american-jap-girl-a-samurai-daughters-ikigai-from-incarceration-to-legacy-9781971076027","title":"American Jap Girl: A Samurai Daughter's Ikigai-From Incarceration to Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Y. Okumoto\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Digital Lifestory Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Digital Lifestory Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncarceration to Inspiration: Ikigai Legacy of an American Jap Girl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1925, three-year-old Tome, one of nine children, is abandoned by her birth parents. Raised by a foster family who instill in her the Bushido code of honor and perseverance, she grows up believing she's an all-American girl-until America brands her a \"Jap.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Executive Order 9066 uproots her family and confines them behind barbed wire, Tome endures injustice with quiet strength, guided by her purpose: her ikigai. Through war, poverty, and personal tragedy, including a desperate moment of near suicide-halted by her young son Richard's cry, \"No, Mommy, no!\"-she transforms pain into determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Jap Girl, told in Tome's posthumous voice and reconstructed from family journals, reclaims a racial slur as a symbol of resilience and belonging. Spanning from the Great Depression to the rise of postwar California, Tome's story is a testament to one woman's defiance against the myth of inferiority and her transformation of suffering into legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Lifestory Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47812695163031,"sku":"9781971076027","price":2159.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781971076027.webp?v=1778330637","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/american-jap-girl-a-samurai-daughters-ikigai-from-incarceration-to-legacy-9781971076027","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}