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Set in a small town south of San Francisco during World War II, Words of My Roaring is a compelling picture of the confusions, the dislocations, and the brutality of war as they affect the home front.
The novel recreates a neighborhood in San Bruno and connects it to San Francisco and the larger stage of the war.
Tanforan racetrack, first an assembly camp for Japanese Americans awaiting internment, becomes a naval training base for Pacific-bound recruits.
The elementary school becomes a USO, and air-raid drills and blackouts are routine as California prepares for an expected Japanese invasion.
We see these events through the eyes of a novice teacher, an abandoned boy, two young girls whose mother works in the shipyards and whose father enlists in the Army, and a sailor scarred by his months in the war zone.
Words of My Roaring is a richly textured, emotionally charged novel about the unlikely sources of human redemption.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:380 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:01/10/1998
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- ISBN:9780520216389
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:380 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:01/10/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520216389
