Written through the eyes of a Japanese Canadian child, Naomi, whose life is changed after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Separated from her mother, she watches bewildered 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 grows up, does she return to question that haunting silence.
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