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When she begins to learn Japanese, she discovers the language is inextricably connected with nuanced cultural dynamics that would take a lifetime to absorb. Finally, when Tracy longs for a child, she ends up trying to grow her family with a Petri dish and an army of doctors with whom she can barely communicate.    And yet, despite the challenges, Tracy is sustained by her husband's quiet love, and being with him feels more like \"home\" than anything ever has. Steadily and surely, she fills her life in Japan with meaningful connections, a loving marriage, and wonder at her adopted country, a place that will never feel natural or easy, but which provides endless opportunities for growth, insight, and sometimes humor. A memoir of travel and romance, The Good Shufu is a celebration of the life least expected- messy, overwhelming, and deeply enriching in its complications.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50039924588817,"sku":"CIN0399166203G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50044927934737,"sku":"GOR010276329","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":52116297154833,"sku":"CIN0399166203LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53123976888593,"sku":"GOR007522563","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53575566459153,"sku":"CIN0399166203VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0399166203.jpg?v=1750878680"},{"product_id":"together-in-manzanar-book-tracy-slater-9780913705704","title":"Together in Manzanar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A \u003cb\u003eWorld War II homefront action\u003c\/b\u003e that many Americans would like to forget.\" -- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This cinematic and propulsive family saga \u003cb\u003ecasts a riveting spotlight on an ignominious episode\u003c\/b\u003e in U.S. history.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e -- Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOn a late March morning in the spring of 1942, Elaine Yoneda awoke to a series of terrible choices: between her family and freedom, her country and conscience, and her son and daughter. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe was the child of Russian Jewish immigrants and the wife of a Japanese American man. On this war-torn morning, she was also a mother desperate to keep her young mixed-race son from being sent to a US concentration camp. Manzanar, near Death Valley, was one of ten detention centers where our government would eventually imprison every person of Japanese descent along the West Coast--alien and citizen, old and young, healthy and sick--or, in the words of one official, anyone with even \"one drop\" of Japanese blood. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElaine's husband Karl was already in Manzanar, but he planned to enlist as soon as the US Army would take him. 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