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An award-winning historical novel about two teenagers imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Yasu and Haro face hardships and are forced to make choices that change their lives forever.
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Miriam’s story reveals a family’s
struggle and strength as they carve
a life out of the rugged northern
Minnesota wilderness during the
Great Depression. This is a second edition, reprinted in memory of Miriam Dloniak Kaurala
In the early 1900s, my grandparents, Paul and Hilja Kaurala met on a ship as they crossed the Atlantic from Finland. They arrived in America with not much more than the clothes on their backs. They settled in northern Minnesota where they homesteaded a small piece of property and raised seven children.
During the Great Depression, they drew strength from their Finnish heritage as they faced the unknowns of the wilderness, the bitter cold winters, and poverty. As a family they were committed to each other and to becoming Americans. Ini> Miriam Daughter of Finnish Immigrants/i> (Out | |  | | Twenty-Eight Snow Angels: A Widow's Story of Love, Loss and Renewal
After the sudden death of her 54 year old husband, Diane finds herself alone for the first time in her life. Twenty-Eight Snow Angels is an honest and heartfelt account of her struggle to build a meaningful life after the death of her loving husband, John.
i>Twenty-Eight Snow Angels: A Widow's Story of Love, Loss and Renewal,/i> invites the reader into Diane's personal experience of grief, as she faces life alone after her loving husband's sudden death. With honesty and a clear perspective, she reveals her daily struggles and the realities of grief. Readers feel Diane's pain and at the sme time rejoice in her commitment to tackle the daily challenges of life alone and to succeed. Her hearltfelt story inspires hope as the reader discovers that they i>can /i>build a meaningful life-alone or with someone new-after a devas | |  | | Yasu's Quest: A Tale of Triumph
After three years in a Japanese internment camp during WWII, Yasu Sakamoto's life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Martha Annala, a university professor, on a train headed to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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