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"The letters give a sense of immediacy in her descriptions of conditions in prewar, wartime, and postwar Japan. They also reveal an ordinary, resourceful, sassy, yet vulnerable young woman negotiating her way through tough situations."Library Journal "Tomita's commentary on the racial prejudices, economic disparities, moral dilemmas, and day-to-day social and sexual politics that she observed and experienced provides an intimate account of Japanese society, as well as a critique of U.S. society as represented in microcosm by the Allied occupation establishment."Asian WeeklyTomita, Mary Kimoto is the author of 'Dear Miye Letters Home from Japan, 1939-1946' with ISBN 9780804724197 and ISBN 0804724199.
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