A shrug of the shoulders : a novel
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Spokane, Washington : Latah Books, [2022].
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332 pages : map ; 21 cm
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North Bend Public Library - Adult/General New - Fiction | COCKRELL, ELAINE Shrug of the Shoulders | Available |
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Published
Spokane, Washington : Latah Books, [2022].
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"During World War II, xenophobia peaks as Japanese Americans are interned in Western US states. George Yano and his mother, sister, and brothers succumb to this fear: they are forced to abandon their farmland in Central Washington and must relocate to a Portland, Oregon assembly center. While the Yanos scrabble for normalcy--pickup baseball games for the boys, homey touches in the family's cramped private quarters -- George becomes a recruiter of Japanese ancestry workers for Eastern Oregon's sugar beet fields. While George charts a course for the Yanos through financial ruin, racism, and hardship, Molly Mita does the same for her family. As Molly and George grow closer, so too do their families. In a rich novel spanning Portland's assembly center, farming communities in Eastern Oregon, and internment camps like Minidoka in Idaho, A Shrug of the Shoulders renders the Yanos' and Mitas' lives with care, hope, and historical fidelity. Through multiple points of view and dozens of vivid settings, author Elaine Cockrell creates a mosaic of Japanese-American perseverance: one tiled with humor, frustration, despair, anger, and love."--Back cover.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cockrell, E. (2022). A shrug of the shoulders: a novel . Latah Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cockrell, Elaine. 2022. A Shrug of the Shoulders: A Novel. Latah Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cockrell, Elaine. A Shrug of the Shoulders: A Novel Latah Books, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cockrell, Elaine. A Shrug of the Shoulders: A Novel Latah Books, 2022.
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