When she was interned during world war ii. She says he told her, you must share your experiences so it doesnt happen again. And ultimately, she did. Joining me now is Jeanette Arakawa, the author of the little exile, the story of a young girl, marie mitsui, uprooted from her life in San Francisco. And through a childs eyes, maries and jeanettes, we go through the experience and revelations from that journey. Welcome to the show. Jeanette arakawa thank you very much. Its such an honor to be here. I cant believe that im sitting here on robert handas show. Robert well, youll get over that pretty quick, so. Let me ask you something here. You chose to do what is called autobiographical fiction. Tell me why you chose that approach, talking through a character . Jeanette well, in the old days, whenever there was a tv show on, they should Say Something like, the names have been changed to protect the innocent. The other part of it was, its entirely fictional, but i would not include that phras
Her professor advised her to write about her experiences when she was interned during world war ii. She says he told her, you must share your experiences so it doesnt happen again. And ultimately, she did. Joining me now is Jeanette Arakawa, the author of the little exile, the story of a young girl, marie mitsui, uprooted from her life in San Francisco. And through a childs eyes, maries and jeanettes, we go through the experience and revelations from that journey. Welcome to the show. Jeanette arakawa thank you very much. Its such an honor to be here. I cant believe that im sitting here on robert handas show. Robert well, youll get over that pretty quick, so. Let me ask you something here. You chose to do what is called autobiographical fiction. Tell me why you chose that approach, talking through a character . Jeanette well, in the old days, whenever there was a tv show on, they should Say Something like, the names have been changed to protect the innocent. The other part of it was, i