description: This powerful, passionate, and highly acclaimed novel tells, through the eyes of a child, the moving story of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. Naomi is a sheltered and beloved 5-year-old when Pearl Harbor changes her life.Separated from her mother, she watches as she and her family become enemy aliens, persecuted and despised in their own land. Surrounded by hardship and pain, Naomi is protected by the resolute endurance of her aunt, Obasan, and the silence of those around her. Only after Naomi grow up does he return to question that haunting silence.
language: English
title: Obasan Cass
titlecomplete: Obasan Cass
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Canadian Literature, Canada, Japan, School, Classics, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 7616
places: Alberta
series: Obasan
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: American Book Award, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Canadian Authors Association Award
category: Fiction
publisher: BTC Audiobooks