Elizabeth Miki Brina
Auteur de Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir
Œuvres de Elizabeth Miki Brina
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Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir par Elizabeth Miki Brina
Starkly honest account by the daughter of an Okinawan mother and an American father. Heartbreaking memories of how American-born children can feel disconnected from their non-English speaking parent. Elizabeth Brina opens up her soul and heart to share the reality of her life as an American who seeks to reconnect to her Okinawan mother. Brina's creative weaving of little-known Okinawan history into her own story is brilliant.
audio nonfiction/memoir. mixed race daughter (mother is from Okinawa, father is Caucasian-American in the military) relates her experiences growing up (racism and microaggressions) and also the social history of post-WW2 US-occupied Okinawa and the experiences of her mother.
The first part of this is pretty difficult to read; despite feeling more American than Okinawan, the author grew up with so much self-hatred and the resulting destructive, unhealthy relationships she endures are not easy to read about. The history of Okinawa is little-known and deserves recognition, as well as her mother's loneliness and isolation living in a place where she doesn't speak the language.… (plus d'informations)
The first part of this is pretty difficult to read; despite feeling more American than Okinawan, the author grew up with so much self-hatred and the resulting destructive, unhealthy relationships she endures are not easy to read about. The history of Okinawa is little-known and deserves recognition, as well as her mother's loneliness and isolation living in a place where she doesn't speak the language.… (plus d'informations)
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- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 99
- Popularité
- #191,538
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 9