Midnight in broad daylight : a Japanese American family caught between two worlds
by Sakamoto, Pamela Rotner, 1962- (Author)
Summary
"'Meticulously researched and beautifully written, the true story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II--an epic tale of family, separation, divided loyalties, love, reconciliation, loss, and redemption this is a riveting chronicle of U.S.-Japan relati... Full description
- Author's Note
- Prologue: Shockwave
- Part I: American Born, Bicultural Bred
- 1. At Home in Auburn
- 2. Hiroshima Sojourn
- 3. Growing Pains
- 4. The Great Depression
- 5. Ivory Bones and Leaden Ashes
- Part II: Adrift in Two Countries
- 6. Land of the Rising Sun
- 7. A Sorrowful Homecoming
- 8. Hazing in Hiroshima
- 9. Panic in Los Angeles
- 10. Silence From Glendale to Hiroshima
- Part III: The War on the Home fronts
- 11. Incarcerated in California
- 12. The Empire's Home Front
- 13. Arizona Sandstorms
- 14. A Balmy Winter in Minnesota
- 15. Mary's North Star
- 16. Rations and Spies in Hiroshima
- Part IV: The War in the Pacific Theater
- 17. Suspicious from the Start
- 18. To the Front with a Typewriter
- 19. No Season for Cherry Blossoms
- 20. Taking New Guinea
- 21. Pierce's Stay of Execution
- Part V: Doomsday Overture
- 22. A Stunning Encounter in Sarmi
- 23. Glacial Change in the Jungle
- 24. The "Red Paper" Draft
- 25. Extremes in the Philippines
- 26. Brothers at War
- 27. The Atomic Bomb
- Part VI : The Aftermath
- 28. Bittersweet Reunion
- 29. A Troubling Letter
- 30. Peace and Redemption
- Epilogue: At Ease in Honolulu
- Glossary.