Nancy Yamamoto

Tessaku

English - June 21, 2018 07:00 - 20 minutes - 9.48 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings
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Nancy Yamamoto was a teenager when war broke out between the U.S. and Japan. Her plans to become a fashion designer were abruptly put on hold as her family was uprooted from a farming town near Sacramento to the harsh landscape of Tule Lake. In our chat, she reflects on her anger towards Japan for bombing Pearl Harbor and the fraught relationship she had with her mother.

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