Dandelion Through the Crack: The Sato Family Quest for the American Dream

Dandelion Through the Crack: The Sato Family Quest for the American Dream by Sato, Kiyo. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780976269717.

Dandelion Through the Crack: The Sato Family Quest for the American Dream tells of a real Japanese-American family, formed both by ancestry and by the American way of life. We see mother, father, and children, and their challenges over seven decades. There are the extraordinary times of the Depression, wartime emergency, internment in the Arizona desert, oppressive prejudice, and the struggles of recovering from near-total loss. But there are also many simple, almost-pastoral moments. The wise fables of the author’s father—tales of his old and new homelands and his haiku poetry—are interwoven throughout.The result is a work of literary grace, emotional power, and historical and social importance.