Pachinko follows Sunja, a young Korean woman who immigrates to Japan in the late 1930s after marrying a Protestant minister. A mother of two in unfamiliar territory, she strives to take care of her family amid poverty, racism, and political turmoil.
Harris’s passion for cooking is well-documented; the cookbook titles tell about the contours and range of her interest in the culinary arts. She values the restorative powers of cooking as part of a community; and she understands food as identity.
Though written for young children, the book addresses a serious subject of bullying, bullying that comes with a real consequence too many suffer: hunger. Usually in children’s literature, the hurt depicted when a character is mean is about feelings.
In this new book, labor reporter and union organizer Nolan assesses today's labor movement in the United States and offers proposals aimed at helping it grow.
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