SKU: B-000677

Family Torn Apart: The Internment Story Of The Otokichi Muin Ozarki Gail Honda

Author: Gail Honda

Special Features: Illustrated

Condition: The cover has light scuffing. The front inner cover has a slight separation but binding is still holding strong. A tiny dent to one page edge. The pages are otherwise clean and tidy. No writing. No dog ears. Tight binding. From a smoke free home.

Biography & Memoir

Family History World War II Japanese Internment Hawaii Japanese-American Experience

Family Torn Apart by Gail Honda is a first-edition, illustrated paperback that recounts the internment ordeal faced by the Otokichi Muin Ozarki family. This 2012 memoir from the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai gives adult readers an intimate, Hawai‘i-centered window into one of America’s lesser-known wartime experiences.

Honda’s narrative blends personal letters, photographs, and family recipes to trace how Executive Order 9066 shattered careers, friendships, and traditions. The result is a vivid biography that moves from island plantations to mainland camps without ever losing the human scale of loss and resilience.

The book shows light cover scuffing and a barely visible page-edge dent, yet the binding remains tight and every page is clean, unmarked, and free of smoke or must. A slight separation at the front inner hinge is noted but does not affect readability or structural integrity.

Ideal for scholars of Japanese-American history, collectors of Hawai‘i memoirs, or anyone seeking a true story of perseverance, this gently read copy is ready to ship from a smoke-free home and invites its next reader to turn the page on an unforgettable family saga.

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