30 Jul / Being Japanese American: A JA Sourcebook for Nikkei, Hapa … & Their Friends by Gil Asakawa [in AsianWeek]
In spite of its rather cheesy title, this is actually both an informative and fun read. Part history, part photo album, part cultural document, part memoir, part language lesson, even part cookbook, Being is an entertaining primer on many aspects of the Japanese American experience. And even though Asakawa thinks Memoirs of a Geisha was an “enjoyable novel” – oh, do not even get me started! – Being certainly has enough other merits to keep you reading (and chuckling, too).
Review: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek, July 28, 2004
Readers: Young Adult, Adult
Published: 2004