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Obasan

Joy Kogawa
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Winner of the American Book Award Based on the author's own experiences, this award-winning novel was the first to tell the story of the evacuation, relocation, and dispersal of Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry during the Second World War.
Genres: FictionHistorical FictionCanadaJapanHistoricalSchoolClassicsCanadian LiteratureWorld War IIWar
300 Pages

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