{"product_id":"evergreen-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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt'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. The entire Japanese American community is starting from scratch, with thousands of people living in dismal refugee camps while they struggle to find new houses and jobs in over-crowded Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAki is working as a nurse's aide at the Japanese Hospital in Boyle Heights when an elderly Issei man is admitted with suspicious injuries. When she seeks out his son, she is shocked to recognize her husband's best friend, Babe Watanabe. Could Babe be guilty of elder abuse? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnly a few days later, Little Tokyo is rocked by a murder at the low-income hotel where the Watanabes have been staying. When the cops start sniffing around Aki's home, she begins to worry that the violence tearing through her community might threaten her family. What secrets have the Watanabes been hiding, and can Aki protect her husband from getting tangled up in a murder investigation?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Naomi Hirahara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641293594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaomi Hirahara\u003c\/b\u003e is the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eClark and Division, \u003c\/i\u003eand the Edgar Award-winning author of the Mas Arai mystery series, including \u003ci\u003eSummer of the Big Bachi\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a Publishers Weekly \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year and one of \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune's\u003c\/i\u003e Ten Best Mysteries and Thrillers; G\u003ci\u003easa 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\u003e and the award-winning \u003ci\u003eTerminal Island: Lost Communities of Los Angeles Harbor.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Stanford University alumna was born and raised in Altadena, CA; she now resides in the adjacent town of Pasadena, CA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41179273855091,"sku":"9.78164E+12","price":31.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_30e0a8c0-a936-4f3b-97b9-87ab03974ecb.jpg?v=1703606638","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/evergreen-9781641293594","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}