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Book Review of When the Emperor Was Divine

When the Emperor Was Divine
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This book is amazing. The writer's prose is so succinct that she acts a dispassionate observer of a tragedy that singles out a family and a people (Japanese Americans) for one of the greatest injustices of our history as a country. Because of the writer's unique style, the account is not weighed down by emotion. The author leaves it to the reader to impart moral judgment and emotion to what happened to Japanese Americans in this country during WW-II (my emotions and judgment are imparted above).