John Hamamura
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Color of the Sea door John Hamamura
John was the first author invited to our book club, WORDIES, in California. I had gone down to Placerville from Portland to meet w my friends. It was the first time - I was then in my 50s - that I learned about the internment of Japanese in our country. Hard to believe. It was also the first time I was faced w the wretchedness of the horror of Hiroshima. We moved every few years while I was growing up but it astonishes me that in a lifetime of reading I had missed this. Brilliant depiction from first hand accounts.… (meer)
This book had a lot of potential, but I just never really got into it that much. It takes place in the 1930s-1940s, and tells the story of a boy born in Hawaii to Japanese parents. He spends most of his early childhood in Japan, moves back to Hawaii during his teen years, and later moves to California. The book had a lot of potential for addressing the cultural and political struggles of Japanese-Americans during World War II, but I never felt too invested in the characters or the story.
Sam Hamada has come to America so that he can go to an American university. His father, a former Samurai is disillusioned with life but still wants Sam schooled in the fine arts. While in California, Sam meets Keiko, his soul mate. The war comes and much adversity comes between them.
what a great read! very well done... so glad I read this... an intriguing story that also affirms and/or educates. I wonder if the author wrote more. he certainly is talented. (John, if you're reading this, write and send forth your gift.)
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- #148,171
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