Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir - Elizabeth Miki Brina Audiobook

Written by Elizabeth Miki Brina
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

General Information
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Title: Speak, Okinawa
Subtitle: A Memoir
Author: Elizabeth Miki Brina
Audiobook Copyright: 2021
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Duration: 08:34:16
ISBN: 9780593348925
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Family & Relationships, Nonfiction

File Information
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Media Format: MP3
Total Files: 8
Total Size: 233 MB
Bitrate: 64 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Channels: Stereo

Book Description
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A searing, deeply candid memoir about a young woman’s journey to
understanding her complicated parents—her father a Vietnam veteran,
her mother an Okinawan war bride—and her own, fraught cultural
heritage.
Elizabeth’s mother was working as a nightclub hostess on U.S.-occupied
Okinawa when she met the American soldier who would become her
husband. The language barrier and power imbalance that defined their
early relationship followed them to the predominantly white, upstate
New York suburb where they moved to raise their only daughter. There,
Elizabeth grew up with the trappings of a typical American childhood
and adolescence. Yet, even though she felt almost no connection to her
mother’s distant home, she also felt out of place among her peers.
Decades later, Elizabeth comes to recognize the shame and self-
loathing that haunt both her and her mother, and attempts a form of
reconciliation, not only to come to terms with the embattled dynamics
of her family but also to reckon with the injustices that reverberate
throughout the history of Okinawa and its people. Clear-eyed and
profoundly humane, Speak, Okinawa is a startling accomplishment—a
heartfelt exploration of identity, inheritance, forgiveness, and what
it means to be an American.