Posted at 4:20 p.m., Thursday, October 12, 2006
"Farewell to Manzanar" author to talk about internment
By Catherine E. Toth
Advertiser Staff Writer
Houston based the book on her family's experience during and after World War II internment.
She has also written "The Legend of Fire Horse Woman," published in 2003, about the life of a woman born under the portentous Fire Horse sign in Hiroshima. After being sent to America to join her husband, she's interned during the war with her daughter and granddaughter.
The free event is presented by the JCCH Hawai'i Confinement Sites Committee, a volunteer group that was established this year in response to a bill in Congress that, if passed, would preserve World War II internment and relocation sites throughout the nation. The committee will lead the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i's effort to help pass the bill and maintain former internment sites in Hawai'i, such as Honouliuli.
For more information call 945-7633 or visit www.jcch.com.
Reach Catherine E. Toth at 535-8103 or ctoth@honoluluadvertiser.com. Read The Daily Dish at blogs.honoluluadvertiser.com.
