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Music for AliceBy Allen Say2004, 32 pages, Hardback. |
ORDER -- Item #3242, Price $17.00
In this striking book Alien Say introduces readers to the remarkable story of the life of a woman whose perseverance and resilience serve as an inspirational reminder that dreams can be fulfilled, even when least expected.
Book Description from the Front Cover Flap
As a girl, Alice loved to dance, but the rhythms of her life offered little opportunity for a fox trot, let alone a waltz. World War II erupted soon after she was married. Alice and her husband, along with many other Japanese Americans, were forced to leave their homes and report to assembly centers around the country. Undaunted, Alice and her husband learned to make the most of every circumstance, from their stall in the old stockyard in Portland to the decrepit farm in the Oregon desert, with its field of stones. Like a pair of skilled dancers, they sidestepped adversity to land gracefully amid golden opportunity. Together they turned a barren wasteland into a field of endless flowers. Such achievements did not come without effort and sacrifice, though, and Alice often thought her dancing days were long behind her. But as her story testifies, life is full of changes . . .
Description from the Copyright Page
A Japanese American farmer recounts her agricultural successes and setbacks and her enduring love of dance. Based on the true life store of Alice Sumida, who with her husband Mark established the largest gladiola bulb farm in the country during the last half of the twentieth century.
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