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Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family

by Lauren Kessler
Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family

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ISBN13: 9780870714177
ISBN10: 0870714171
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95 percent of the millions of American men and women who go to prison eventually get out. What happens to them?

There's Arnoldo, who came of age inside a maximum security penitentiary, now free after nineteen years. Trevor and Catherine, who spent half of their young lives behind bars for terrible crimes committed when they were kids. Dave, inside the walls for 34 years, now about to reenter an unrecognizable world. Vicki, a five-time loser who had cycled in and out of prison for more than a third of her life. They are simultaneously joyful and overwhelmed at the prospect of freedom. Anxious, confused, sometimes terrified, and often ill-prepared to face the challenges of the free world, all are intent on reclaiming and remaking their lives.

What is the road they must travel from caged to free? How do they navigate their way home?

A gripping and empathetic work of immersion reportage, FREE reveals what awaits them and the hundreds of thousands of others who are released from prison every year: the first rush of freedom followed quickly by institutionalized obstacles and logistical roadblocks, grinding bureaucracies, lack of resources, societal stigmas and damning self-perceptions, the sometimes overwhelming psychological challenges. Veteran reporter Lauren Kessler, both clear-eyed and compassionate, follows six people whose diverse stories paint an intimate portrait of struggle, persistence, and resilience.

The truth — the many truths — about life after lockup is more interesting, more nuanced, and both more troubling and more deeply triumphant than we know.

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Stubborn Twig is the true story of immigrants making their way in a new land, a moving saga about the promise and perils of becoming an American. Masuo Yasui arrived in America in 1903 with big dreams and empty pockets. He worked on the railroads, in a cannery, and as a houseboy before settling in Oregon to open a store, raise a large family, and become one of the area's most successful orchardists. As Masuo broke the color barrier in the local business community, his American-born children did the same in school, scouts, and sports. But their lives changed forever following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when they were forced from their homes into vast inland camps. Although shamed and broken, the Yasui family would yet endure to claim their place as Americans.

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Lauren Kessler is the author of several works of narrative nonfiction, including the Washington Post bestseller Clever Girl and the Los Angeles Times bestseller The Happy Bottom Riding Club. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times Magazine, O magazine, and The Nation. She directs the graduate program in literary nonfiction at the University of Oregon.

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This book is the official selection for Oregon Reads 2009, which is a community reads program that will take place in nearly every public library and in every county in Oregon during the state's sesquicentennial, January through April of 2009. Learn more about Oregon Reads at www.oregonreads2009.org and be sure to check with your local library about Oregon Reads book discussions, author visits, and other events!

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ISBN:
9780870714177
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
08/12/2008
Publisher:
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Series info:
Oregon Reads
Pages:
308
Height:
.80IN
Width:
5.90IN
Thickness:
.7 in.
Series:
Oregon Reads
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
2008
UPC Code:
2800870714179
Foreword:
Theodore R. Kulongoski
Author:
Lauren Kessler
Author:
Theodore R. Kulongoski
Subject:
Biography - General
Subject:
Biography-Ethnic Cultures

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