Garden of Stones by Sophie Littlefield
Paperback, Kindle, or Nook formats 320 pages Publisher: Harlequin (Feb.2013) * I received a complimentary e-book copy from the publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Critically acclaimed author Sophie Littlefield brings the 1940s to life in this intense account of innocent Japanese-Americans moved to the Manzanar prison camp, in GARDEN OF STONES, a harrowing and beautifully woven novel about the vagaries of war, the injustice of racism and a young girl’s search for hope and forgiveness. IN THE DARK DAYS WAR, A MOTHER MAKES THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE Lucy Takeda is just fourteen years old, living in Los Angeles in 1941, when the bombs rain down on Pearl Harbor. Within weeks, she and her mother, Miyako, are ripped from their home, rounded up—along with thousands of other innocent Japanese-Americans—and taken to the Manzanar prison camp. Buffeted by blistering heat and choking dust, Lucy and Miyako must endure the harsh living c...