Looking Like the Enemy by Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
The author at 16 years old was evacuated with her family to an internment camp for Japanese Americans, along with 110,000 other people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast. She faced an indefinite sentence behind barbed wire in crowded, primitive camps. She struggled for survival and dignity, and endured psychological scarring that has lasted a lifetime.
This memoir is told from the heart and mind of a woman now nearly 80 years old who experienced the challenges and wounds of her internment at a crucial point in her development as a young adult. She brings passion and spirit to her story. Like "The Diary of Anne Frank," this memoir superbly captures the emotional and psychological essence of what it was like to grow up in the midst of this profound dislocation and injustice in the U.S. Few other books on this subject come close to the emotional power and moral significance of this memoir.
In the end,the reader is buoyed by what Mary learns from her experiences and what she is able to do with her life. In 2005 she becomes one more Nissei who breaks her silence.
This memoir is told from the heart and mind of a woman now nearly 80 years old who experienced the challenges and wounds of her internment at a crucial point in her development as a young adult. She brings passion and spirit to her story. Like "The Diary of Anne Frank," this memoir superbly captures the emotional and psychological essence of what it was like to grow up in the midst of this profound dislocation and injustice in the U.S. Few other books on this subject come close to the emotional power and moral significance of this memoir.
In the end,the reader is buoyed by what Mary learns from her experiences and what she is able to do with her life. In 2005 she becomes one more Nissei who breaks her silence.
Mary Matsuda Gruenewald will be 87 years old when her third book is published in Spring 2012. She is a dynamic, riveting public speaker who proudly shares her life lessons as a seasoned octogenarian. Gruenewald's vision with this new book is to share her life stories in hopes of imparting hard-earned life insights that may be helpful to younger generations looking for guidance and elder wisdom.
In her first book, Gruenewald broke her silence as a Nisei (second generation Japanese American) who was imprisoned in Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. David Guterson, author of Snow Falling on Cedars, describes her memoir as a painfully honest narrative of imprisonment.... a valuable contribution to the literature of Japanese-American internment. Her second book, a Young Reader's edition of her memoir, now reaches young people just learning about world history and the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II.
Gruenewald began writing in her seventies, and hasn't stopped since. She worked as an R.N. for more than a quarter of a century and during that time established the Consulting Nurse Service, which has become a national model for numerous health care providers. She also raised three children in an interracial marriage, which was not widely accepted at the time. In her seventies, Gruenewald began taking writing classes, and published her first book at eighty.
Gruenewald also consulted with the National Park Service during its establishment of Minidoka Internment Camp as a National Park. In 2003, she received an Asian American Living Pioneer Award honoring her contributions. Gruenewald speaks to numerous groups about her internment camp experiences, and now, will promoting her wisdom as an 87-year-old elder. Gruenewald's articles have appeared in newspapers nationally, and she has presented commentaries for NPR KPLU, Seattle. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
In her first book, Gruenewald broke her silence as a Nisei (second generation Japanese American) who was imprisoned in Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. David Guterson, author of Snow Falling on Cedars, describes her memoir as a painfully honest narrative of imprisonment.... a valuable contribution to the literature of Japanese-American internment. Her second book, a Young Reader's edition of her memoir, now reaches young people just learning about world history and the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II.
Gruenewald began writing in her seventies, and hasn't stopped since. She worked as an R.N. for more than a quarter of a century and during that time established the Consulting Nurse Service, which has become a national model for numerous health care providers. She also raised three children in an interracial marriage, which was not widely accepted at the time. In her seventies, Gruenewald began taking writing classes, and published her first book at eighty.
Gruenewald also consulted with the National Park Service during its establishment of Minidoka Internment Camp as a National Park. In 2003, she received an Asian American Living Pioneer Award honoring her contributions. Gruenewald speaks to numerous groups about her internment camp experiences, and now, will promoting her wisdom as an 87-year-old elder. Gruenewald's articles have appeared in newspapers nationally, and she has presented commentaries for NPR KPLU, Seattle. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780939165537 |
| ISBN 10 | 0939165538 |
| Title | Looking Like the Enemy |
| Author | Mary Matsuda Gruenewald |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | NewSage Press |
| Year published | 2005-04-18 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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