Lester Higata's 20th century /

Starting in 1999 with his conversation with his father, continuing backward in time throughout his life with his wife, Katherine, and their children in Hawai'i, and ending with his days in the hospital in 1946, as he heals from a wartime wound and meets the woman he will marry, Hamby recreates...

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Main Author: Hamby, Barbara, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2010
Series:John Simmons short fiction award.
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