{"id":3833,"date":"2003-11-28T21:08:08","date_gmt":"2003-11-29T01:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:49:01","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:49:01","slug":"the-legend-of-fire-horse-woman-by-jeanne-wakatsuki-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-legend-of-fire-horse-woman-by-jeanne-wakatsuki-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legend of Fire Horse Woman by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston [in AsianWeek]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2003\/11\/Legend-of-Fire-Horse-Woman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-31727\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2003\/11\/Legend-of-Fire-Horse-Woman.jpg\" alt=\"Legend of Fire Horse Woman\" width=\"436\" height=\"668\" \/><\/a>Finally, the first (and much awaited!) novel from the co-author of <em>Farewell to Manzanar<\/em>, the classic memoir of the internment experience (written with hubby James Houston). <em>Legend<\/em> captures three generations of Japanese American women, led by proud, regal Sayo, who is sent from Japan to marry in America at the turn of the 20th century. Forty years later, she is interned with her daughter and teenage granddaughter, and in spite of their physical confinement, each of the three women find a sense of freedom and release that empowers not only themselves, but each other, as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/asianweek-2003-11-28-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;New and Notable Books,&#8221; <em>AsianWeek<\/em>, November 28, 2003<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2003<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Legend of Fire Horse Woman\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/07\/legend-of-fire-horse-woman.jpg\" alt=\"Legend of Fire Horse Woman\" width=\"126\" height=\"193\" \/>Finally, the first (and much awaited!) novel from the co-author of <em>Farewell to Manzanar<\/em>, the classic memoir of the internment experience (written with hubby James Houston). <em>Legend<\/em> captures three generations of Japanese American women, led by proud, regal Sayo, who is sent from Japan to marry in America at the turn of the 20th century. 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