{"product_id":"clark-and-division-paperback-1","title":"Clark and Division - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNaomi Hirahara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Mystery Novel of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in 1944 Chicago, Edgar Award-winner Naomi Hirahara's eye-opening and poignant new mystery, the story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's death, brings to focus the struggles of one Japanese American family released from mass incarceration at Manzanar during World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where they have been detained by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, together with thousands of other Japanese Americans. The life in California the Itos were forced to leave behind is gone; instead, they are being resettled two thousand miles away in Chicago, where Aki's older sister, Rose, was sent months earlier and moved to the new Japanese American neighborhood near Clark and Division streets. But on the eve of the Ito family's reunion, Rose is killed by a subway train. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAki, who worshipped her sister, is stunned. Officials are ruling Rose's death a suicide. Aki cannot believe her perfect, polished, and optimistic sister would end her life. Her instinct tells her there is much more to the story, and she knows she is the only person who could ever learn the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inspired by historical events, \u003ci\u003eClark and Division\u003c\/i\u003e infuses an atmospheric and heartbreakingly real crime with rich period details and delicately wrought personal stories Naomi Hirahara has gleaned from thirty years of research and archival work in Japanese American history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaomi Hirahara is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Mas Arai mystery series, including \u003ci\u003eSummer of the Big Bachi\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a\u003ci\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year and one of\u003ci\u003e Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e's\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eTen Best Mysteries and Thrillers;\u003ci\u003e Gasa Gasa Girl; Snakeskin Shamisen\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eHiroshima Boy\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of the LA-based Ellie Rush mysteries. A former editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Rafu Shimpo\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper, she has co-written non-fiction books like \u003ci\u003eLife after Manzanar \u003c\/i\u003eand the award-winning \u003ci\u003eTerminal Island: Lost Communities of Los Angeles Harbor. \u003c\/i\u003eThe Stanford University alumna was born and raised in Altadena, CA; she now resides in the adjacent town of Pasadena, CA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Agatha Awards (2021)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252600520953,"sku":"9781641293693","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SDFoK1V1dGlEQjZDcnpzRU5LUHY0Zz09_8ccccf84-af08-4057-8212-328c3daab4c5.webp?v=1768688975","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/clark-and-division-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}