{"product_id":"inujini-paperback-1","title":"Inujini - 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\u003eAngela Yuriko Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fans of The Nightingale, Pachinko, and The Fervor comes a haunting historical novel about the forgotten daughters of Okinawa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1945, as the Battle of Okinawa erupts, three Ryukyuan girls are caught between empires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShigeko is fourteen when Japanese soldiers line the streets and \"honor\" becomes a weapon.\u003cbr\u003eYuki begins hearing voices in the dark as American forces draw closer to shore.\u003cbr\u003eKaori, haunted by guilt and guided by spirits, encounters something ancient in the forest-something that may not be entirely human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe popular story of WWII says Okinawa was simply a battlefield between Japan and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Ryukyuans were neither.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were an Indigenous people trapped between two occupying powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs bombs fall and propaganda spreads, families are handed grenades and told that suicide is more honorable than surrender. Mothers must choose between obedience and survival. Fathers must decide what kind of protection is truly protection. And daughters-still children-are forced to grow up in a single day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending documented history with Ryukyuan folklore, \u003cem\u003eInujini\u003c\/em\u003e (\"dog death\"-an unnecessary cruelty) reveals a rarely told story of war from the perspective of those who had no voice in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not only a story of bullets and bloodshed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a story of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndigenous identity erased and reclaimed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe resilience of girls and women in impossible circumstances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe collision of myth and modern warfare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd the question of what true honor costs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith lyrical prose and emotional intensity, Angela Yuriko Smith brings to life a chapter of history that refuses to stay silent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWar came for Okinawa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut Okinawa had its own guardians.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47533268041977,"sku":"9798224406111","price":14.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/lw4lAoCAKJ9798224406111_e2e4cbb8-6482-4fba-8eca-a476e2189a01.webp?v=1773867875","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/inujini-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}