This is a very fast and worthwhile read about a Japanese family who suffers the indignities of the World War II internment camps here in the U.S. This book can easily be read in two or three hours if you have uninterrupted time. The construction is rather floaty and impressionistic rather than linear, but the prose is good and clean and easy to follow. Prior to reading this, I'd only read about the Manzanar camp in California. So it was interesting to read about the Topaz camp in Utah. The last 40 pages or so are a little more traditionally written and very interesting, if heartbreaking. This section deals with their return to California after 3 1/2 years in the camp, and their attempts to resume their old life. If you also want to read a book with a little more concrete information about this subject, try [b:Farewell to Manzanar|649361|Farewell to Manzanar|Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320494439s/649361.jpg|807858]. The writing is not as pretty, but it fills in the gaps. Heck, read both books. They're short.
