{"product_id":"used-acceptable-requiem-frances-itani-hardcover","title":"Used - Acceptable | Requiem -- Frances Itani, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: Used - Acceptable.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is one pre-owned copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acceptable. No writing or highlighting. Well read, with heavy wear or staining, but complete and readable. May have stickers or sticker residue. Ex-library copy with library markings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Washington Post Notable Book: A Japanese Canadian man is haunted by childhood memories of WWII internment camps in this \"evocative and cinematic tale\" (Maclean's).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1942, in retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Canadian government removes young Bin Okuma and his family from their home at a British Columbia coastal fishing village and forces them into internment camps. Allowed to take only the possessions they can carry, Bin watches looters raid his home before the transport boats even undock. One hundred miles from the \"Protected Zone,\" abandoned by his father, Bin spends the next five years struggling to adapt in the makeshift shacks of the brutal mountain community. For Bin, it was never forgotten, nor forgiven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifty years later, after his wife's death, Bin embarks on a road trip across Canada. Accompanied by his dog, his classical music tapes, and his memories, he intends to find his biological father whose fateful decision destroyed his family all those years ago. But Bin must ask himself: does he really want to confront the ghosts of the past, or is it time to finally let them go?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA novel of grief, coming-of-age, and coming to terms with our own personal histories, \"Requiem is a great work of literature from a determined author at the peak of her powers\" (Ottawa Citizen).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Frances Itani\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Atlantic Monthly Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2012\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780802120229\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Frances Itani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68231096631524,"sku":"FRK000004370","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/51jcmC35DDL.jpg?v=1794413099","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/used-acceptable-requiem-frances-itani-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}