Nisei daughter

Biography & Memoir History

Pages: 238
Published: 1953
Language: English

Synopsis

Monica Itoi Sone's memoir, Nisei Daughter, chronicles her experiences growing up in Seattle as a second-generation Japanese American. The book details her family's life before, during, and after their forced relocation to internment camps during World War II. It's a personal account of navigating identity and belonging amidst prejudice and displacement.

How it reads

Emotional Reflective Thought-Provoking Sad

Coming of Age Survival

Prose complexity 7/10

Content warnings (1)

Trauma

Genres

Biography & Memoir History Sociology World War II Biography

Subjects

Church and state Church history Church of England Church of Scotland Concentration camps Covenanters Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Internment camps Japanese Japanese Americans Monica Itoi Sone (1919-)Nazi concentration camps Seattle Seattle (Wash.)Washington (State)

Places

internment camps Seattle

About the author

Monica Itoi SoneBiography & Memoir · Historyb. 1919