Cherry Blossoms in the Storm

Majesty House
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AN EXHILARATING SAGA OF A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY DURING WWII. Three brothers find their lives turned upside down when they are caught in the cataclysm of war. Eldest brother, Akira Omura, is stranded in Japan and forced to fight against the country of his birth. Complicating matters is a love triangle with Akira, his beautiful fiancée, and two other men. In America, wartime hysteria sends younger brothers Tad and Danny to internment camps. They traverse oceans and even wider chasms of prejudice, hatred, and separation from loved ones, risking their lives to seek freedom and hope for the future. Check out the book trailer at: majesty.org/cb

World War II, Japanese American, Internment, 442 Regiment, Nisei, Okinawa

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Robert and Gail Kaku are Sansei—third generation Japanese Americans—with personal connections to this story. Robert’s father was incarcerated at Santa Anita, California and Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Gail’s father was incarcerated at Turlock, California, Gila River, Arizona, and Tule Lake, California. Both mothers lived in wartime Japan.

Robert is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and works as an information technology manager at a health care company. His hobbies include golf, alpine skiing, and traveling. Gail is a graduate of the University of Southern California and also has a background in information technology. She enjoys traveling, skiing, and being at the beach. They live in the San Francisco Bay Area.


 

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Majesty House
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Sep 18, 2015
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Pages
358
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9780979990359
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English
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Fiction / Asian American
Fiction / Historical
Fiction / Romance / Historical / 20th Century
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