{"title":"Books by Naomi Hirahara","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781641293594","title":"Evergreen","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Japanese American nurse's aide navigates the dangers of post-WWII and post-Manzanar life as she attempts to find justice for a broken family in this follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning \u003ci\u003eClark and Division\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLos Angeles, 1946: It’s been two years since Aki Ito and her family were released from Manzanar detention center and resettled in Chicago with other Japanese Americans. Now the Itos have finally been allowed to return home to California—but nothing is as they left it. 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Though battling loneliness and culture shock, Ryui does his best to settle into his work as an art dealer’s apprentice, and soon finds himself utterly swept up in all “Crown City” has to offer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut tensions are seething under Pasadena’s bustling prosperity. Ryui is the victim of an anti-Japanese attack, and a painting is stolen from the studio of Toshio Aoki, Pasadena’s most successful Japanese artist, who then hires Ryui and his photographer roommate, Jack, to investigate. It’s not long before their sleuthing leads them into real danger. 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