{"product_id":"american-jap-girl-richard-y-okumoto-9781971076010","title":"American Jap Girl: A Samurai Daughter's Ikigai-From Incarceration to Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncarceration to Inspiration: Ikigai Legacy of an American Jap Girl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1925, three-year-old Tome, one of nine children, is abandoned by her birth parents. Raised by a foster family who instill in her the Bushido code of honor and perseverance, she grows up believing she's an all-American girl-until America brands her a \"Jap.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Executive Order 9066 uproots her family and confines them behind barbed wire, Tome endures injustice with quiet strength, guided by her purpose: her ikigai. Through war, poverty, and personal tragedy, including a desperate moment of near suicide-halted by her young son Richard's cry, \"No, Mommy, no!\"-she transforms pain into determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Jap Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, told in Tome's posthumous voice and reconstructed from family journals, reclaims a racial slur as a symbol of resilience and belonging. Spanning from the Great Depression to the rise of postwar California, Tome's story is a testament to one woman's defiance against the myth of inferiority and her transformation of suffering into legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Y. Okumoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1971076015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781971076010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Digital Lifestory Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2026","brand":"Richard Y. Okumoto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437703901439,"sku":"9781971076010","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81d7e97b-4579-4047-9b99-193074d8a30f.jpg?v=1777163510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-jap-girl-richard-y-okumoto-9781971076010","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}