Kiyos Story, Kiyo Sato
Kiyos Story, Kiyo Sato
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Kiyo's Story
A Japanese-American Family's Quest for the American Dream: A Memoir

Author: Kiyo Sato

Narrator: Cindy Kay

Unabridged: 12 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/18/2020

Synopsis

Kiyo's father arrived in California determined to plant his roots in the land of opportunity after leaving Japan. He, his wife, and their nine American-born children labored in the fields together, building a successful farm. Yet at the outbreak of World War II, Kiyo's family was ordered to Poston Internment Camp. This memoir tells the story of the family's struggle to endure in these harsh conditions and to rebuild their lives afterward in the face of lingering prejudice.

About Kiyo Sato

Kiyo Sato was raised on a farm in Sacramento, California. She was attending Sacramento Junior College at the outbreak of World War II, when her parents and eight siblings were evacuated and forced into the Poston Internment Camp. Her memoirs, Kiyo's Story and Dandelion Through the Crack, chronicle her family's struggle to endure these harsh conditions and to rebuild their lives afterward in the face of lingering prejudice.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matt

I loved this story so much more than I thought it would. It was a random recommendation from my dad, and then Amy read it first and I finally got to it quite a bit later, just because. For no good reason. And I am lucky for doing so. Kiyo's tale is about family. There is history, much of the Japanese......more

Goodreads review by Kristina

I am amazed with how strong her family and other immigrant farmers were and what they had to go through. I love everything about this book... The only thing that I would personally change if I were writing this is there are a couple times where she repeats herself, and to me personally that's annoyin......more

Goodreads review by Sandy

I loved this book. I heard about it in the Sac Bee because the author is from Sacramento and currently lives in Folsom. It tells the story of 120,000 hard-working Japanese citizens being "relocated" to various parts of the country during WWII. For the Sato family, they had to leave the Sacramento fr......more

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