All sorows can be borne /
Stephens, Loren,author..
Los Angeles, California ; Rare Birds Books,
[2021]
Inspired by true events set in Hiroshima, Osaka; the badlands of eastern Montana; and spanning the start of World War II to 1982. Noriko gives birth to a healthy baby boy, but to give the child a better life, her ill husband, Ichiro, convinces her to give the toddler to his older sister and her Japanese-American husband, who live in Montana. Noriko holds on to the belief that this inconceivable sacrifice will lead to her husband's recovery. What happens next is unexpected and shocking and will affect Noriko for the rest of her life.
Inspired by true events set in Hiroshima, Osaka; the badlands of eastern Montana; and spanning the start of World War II to 1982. Noriko gives birth to a healthy baby boy, but to give the child a better life, her ill husband, Ichiro, convinces her to give the toddler to his older sister and her Japanese-American husband, who live in Montana. Noriko holds on to the belief that this inconceivable sacrifice will lead to her husband's recovery. What happens next is unexpected and shocking and will affect Noriko for the rest of her life.