Island
"A small, sad and touching book that is yet oddly exhilarating as well, because it is primary history of the highest order." --New York Times"The reminiscences are harrowing in their simplicity." --San Francisco Examiner"This is a book that has long cried out for life in the hearts and memories of those who have survived incarceration on Angel Island.  I rejoice that this record of our country's shame has been retrieved from the poetry written in despair on the walls of the buildings on that island." --Kay Boyle, author ofFour Visions of America"Islandis a memorial to the souls of unnamed Chinese men and women who left Cantonese homes because of poverty and hope.  We are indebted to Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, and Judy Yung for their painstaking record." --Jade Snow Wong, author ofFifth Chinese Daughter"A compelling glimpse at a chapter of American history that only now is beginning to be written. Islandhelps underscore the fact that this country is, as Walt Whitman described, 'a nation of nations.'" --San Francisco Chronicle