Name: Silent Honor
SKU: 1697132
Price: 420.00 TWD
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Author: Danielle Steel
ISBN: 9780440224051

Type

Physical Book

Author

Danielle Steel

Publisher

Dell

Year

1997

Language

English

Pages

432

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

17.3x10.4x3 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN

0440224055

ISBN13

9780440224051

Edition No.

Synopsis "Silent Honor "

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a moving novel of families separated and lives shattered by prejudice during one of the most shameful episodes in American history. A man ahead of his time, Japanese college professor Masao Takashimaya of Kyoto had a passion for modern ideas that was as strong as his wife's belief in ancient traditions. His eighteen-year-old daughter, Hiroko, torn between her mother's traditions and her father's wishes, boarded the SS Nagoya Maru to come to California for an education and to make her father proud. It was August 1941. From the ship, she went to the Palo Alto home of her uncle, Takeo, and his family. To Hiroko, California was a different world. Her cousins had become more American than Japanese. And much to Hiroko's surprise, Peter Jenkins, her uncle's assistant at Stanford, became an unexpected link between her old world and her new. On December 7, Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese. Within hours, war is declared and suddenly Hiroko has become an enemy in a foreign land. On February 19, Executive Order 9066 is signed by President Roosevelt, giving the military the power to remove the Japanese from their communities at will. Takeo and his family are given ten days to sell their home, give up their jobs, and report to a relocation center, along with thousands of other Japanese and Japanese Americans, to face their destinies there. Families are divided, people are forced to abandon their homes, their businesses, their freedom, and their lives. Danielle Steel portrays not only the human cost of that terrible time in history, but also the remarkable courage of a people whose honor and dignity transcended the chaos that surrounded them. Silent Honor reveals the stark truth about the betrayal of Americans by their own government . . . and the triumph of a woman caught between cultures and determined to survive.

Danielle Steel

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Danielle Steel is one of the most prolific and beloved authors worldwide, known for her touching novels that explore the complexities of human relationships, love, and resilience. Born on August 14, 1947 in New York, United States, Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel grew up amidst the glamour and demands of the artistic and business world, an environment that would influence her writing

Steel attended New York University and the Parsons School of Design, initially interested in fashion and art. However, her true passion was always writing. Her first novel, Going Home, was published in 1973, marking the beginning of an exceptional literary career that has spanned five decades

Throughout her career, Danielle Steel has written more than 190 books, including hits like The Ring, A Mirror Image, Zoya, and The Apartment. Her works, translated into more than 40 languages, have sold over 900 million copies worldwide, making her one of the best-selling authors of all time

In addition to her novels, Steel has written non-fiction books and children's literature, demonstrating her versatility as an author. In 2014, she received the prestigious Order of Arts and Letters from France for her contribution to culture

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