Farewell to Manzanar

• English
• University

Farewell to Manzanar

Sakeena Ali

About the book

setting(time)	Setting(place)	Theme
December 1942–April 1972	The California cities of Long Beach, Los Angeles, Manzanar, and San Jose	Family life is destroyed by the internment; racism is an everyday occurrence; understanding one's identity is difficult

Summary of the book

This is an excerpt from an interview with the book author (Jeanne Wakatsuki) 

00:45

Why were the Japanese citizens deported to Manzanar camp?

Guess how old is Jeanne Wakatsuki now?

Quote I liked from the book

“Writing it has been a way of coming to terms with the impact these years have had on my entire life.”

― Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Farewell to Manzanar