The Emperor's Orphans

by Sally Ito

During the Second World War, approximately 4,000 Japanese-Canadians were "repatriated" to Japan. Among those Canadians sent back to were members of author and poet, Sally Ito's family. As a Japanese Canadian child growing up in the suburbs of Edmonton, Alberta, Ito's early life was a lone island of steamed tofu and vegetables amidst a sea of pot roast and mashed potatoes. Through the Redress movement of the late 80s, the eventual Parliamentary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888015674
• ISBN13: 9780888015679
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Turnstone Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"