{"product_id":"a-place-for-what-we-lose-a-daughters-return-to-tule-lake-hardcover","title":"A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter's Return to Tule Lake - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTamiko Nimura\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA deeply affecting memoir of reckoning with a father's death and the Japanese American incarceration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn a moving conversation with the past, Tamiko Nimura explores her late father's life and her family's wartime history at Tule Lake. The typewritten pages of her father's unpublished memoir--written decades earlier about his childhood behind barbed wire--spark a reckoning with the long shadow of parental loss and the unresolved legacy of incarceration. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing an innovative structure, Nimura interlaces her father's vivid recollections with her own: scenes of camp life, family separation, and resistance alongside her present-day journey as a mother, writer, and descendant. Joining a community pilgrimage to Tule Lake transforms inherited pain into collective remembrance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith honesty and lyrical precision, Nimura shows how intergenerational trauma and silence are transmitted, and how confronting them can foster healing. Part memoir, part dialogue with the past, \u003ci\u003eA Place for What We Lose\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the enduring costs of incarceration while honoring the persistence of family, memory, and story. It is a profoundly moving exploration of grief, history, and the fragile but necessary work of resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eTamiko Nimura\u003c\/b\u003e is a creative nonfiction writer, VONA fellow, and public speaker. She is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWe Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for a Washington State Book Award in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 8.74 x 5.76 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47291615936697,"sku":"9780295754758","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/acWgFlCELV9780295754758.webp?v=1779799578","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/a-place-for-what-we-lose-a-daughters-return-to-tule-lake-hardcover","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}