Mary Matsuda Gruenewald

This is a great book that tells a story of how Executive Order 9066 changed the lives of many Japanese Americans. This a story needs to be told, so that history is never repeated.

I heard Mary Matsuda Gruenewald speak at an event at Seattle Central Community College back in 2010. She started writing her memoir in her 70s, after years of shame and silence. I'm glad she wrote about her experiences of being Japanese American during World War II.

Yet another of the heartbreaking and heartwarming stories of a dark period of US history. Although there are better books out there, this one is well worth reading, especially if you are interested a story of what happened to some of the Japanese in the Puget Sound during WWII. The author skillfully recounts the horror experienced by so many Japanese as they were herded into internment camps in WWII. We need to remember this history so we do not repeat it on some other group in the future.