Author: julieotsuka

An “exquisite” and “potent” novel (O, The Oprah Magazine) from a New York Times bestselling author: In 1942, a mother and her two children receive government orders to pack up their lives and relocate to a Japanese internment camp in Utah. “A gem of a book” (USA Today).

This “arresting and alluring” New York Times bestseller (Chicago Tribune) follows a group of Japanese mail-order brides traveling to San Francisco — and traces their surprising new lives. “A stunning feat of empathetic imagination” (Vogue).