Evergreen

By Naomi Hirahara,

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Book description

A Japanese American nurse's aide navigates the dangers of post-WWII and post-Manzanar life as she attempts to find justice for a broken family in this follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning Clark and Division.

It’s been two years since Aki Ito and her family were released from Manzanar detention…

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1 author picked Evergreen as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This historical novel pulses with empathy, humanely portrayed growth, and quiet unease, a combination which speaks to the social justice warrior and history fan in me.

I loved the book's exquisite exploration of 1940s Los Angeles and the collision of cultures as displaced Japanese-American citizens returned from internment camps to their old neighborhoods after the end of World War II. A young wife's tentative search for a shadowy murderer drives this mystery, which is a stunning sequel to Hirahara's acclaimed novel, Clark and Division.

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