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Author:
Ito, Susan, 1959- author.
Title:
I would meet you anywhere : a memoir / Susan Kiyo Ito.
Publisher:
Mad Creek Booksan imprint of The Ohio State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
x, 247 pages : portrait ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Ito, Susan,--1959-
Adoptees--Biography.
Mothers and daughters.
Racially mixed women--Biography.
Birthparents.
Autobiographies.
Contents:
I would meet you anywhere -- Go for broke -- The place I came from -- Not a Japanese girl -- Searching -- One of these things is not like the other -- What do you need? -- A small crime -- What I did over spring break -- I would meet you at the Holiday Inn -- Your mother is very nice -- The mouse room -- Totaled -- Lucky -- I would meet you in a hospital -- Long-lost daughter -- Just a bee sting -- Dairy Queen -- I would meet you at a wedding -- Origami -- Undertow -- Guest room -- Separation -- Like a heartbeat -- A small hole -- Spit -- I would meet you at the Ferry Building -- I had an aunt -- Got OBC? -- Look at the baby -- The most Japanese person in the family.
Summary:
"A memoir about one woman's search for her birth parents, exploring complicated relationships with family, the legacy of WWII internment on generations of Japanese Americans, and the challenges adoptees often face in learning their own histories"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0814258832
9780814258835 (softcover)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1389557393
LCCN:
2023017253
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)
FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

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