{"product_id":"evergreen-naomi-hirahara-9781641295970","title":"Evergreen","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Japanese American nurse's aide navigates the dangers of post-WWII and post-Manzanar life as she attempts to find justice for a broken family in this follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning \u003ci\u003eClark and Division\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLos Angeles, 1946: It's been two years since Aki Ito and her family were released from Manzanar detention center and resettled in Chicago with other Japanese Americans. Now the Itos have finally been allowed to return home to California--but nothing is as they left it. The entire Japanese American community is starting from scratch, with thousands of people living in dismal refugee camps while they struggle to find new houses and jobs in over-crowded Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAki is working as a nurse's aide at the Japanese Hospital in Boyle Heights when an elderly Issei man is admitted with suspicious injuries. When she seeks out his son, she is shocked to recognize her husband's best friend, Babe Watanabe. Could Babe be guilty of elder abuse? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnly a few days later, Little Tokyo is rocked by a murder at the low-income hotel where the Watanabes have been staying. When the cops start sniffing around Aki's home, she begins to worry that the violence tearing through her community might threaten her family. What secrets have the Watanabes been hiding, and can Aki protect her husband from getting tangled up in a murder investigation?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Naomi Hirahara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164129597X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641295970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Naomi Hirahara","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44809729933567,"sku":"9781641295970","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dfe7b8da-b047-4cc1-a097-d3fcaf619d3d.jpg?v=1707927318","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/evergreen-naomi-hirahara-9781641295970","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}