Forgiveness: A Gift from My Grandparents by Mark Sakamoto

Forgiveness: A Gift from My Grandparents by Mark SakamotoDuring the Second World War, like many young Canadian soldiers, Ralph MacLean was captured by the Japanese army. He would spend the war in prison camps. Back in Canada, Mitsue Sakamoto were expelled from their home by the government and forced to spend years eking out an existence in rural Alberta, working other people's land for a dollar a day. By the end of the war, Ralph emerged broken but a survivor. Mitsue worn down by years of backbreaking

During the Second World War, like many young Canadian soldiers, Ralph MacLean was captured by the Japanese army. He would spend the war in prison camps. Back in Canada, Mitsue Sakamoto were expelled from their home by the government and forced to spend years eking out an existence in rural Alberta, working other people's land for a dollar a day. By the end of the war, Ralph emerged broken but a survivor. Mitsue worn down by years of backbreaking labour, had to start all over again in Medicine Hat, Alberta. A generation later, at a high school dance, Ralph's daughter and Mitsue's son fell in love. Although the war toyed with Ralph's and Mitsue's lives and threatened to erase their humanity, these two brave individuals somehow surmounted enormous transgressions and learned to forgive. Without this forgiveness, their grandson Mark Sakamoto would never have come to be.

Mark Sakamoto, 2018

Audiobook, Very Good

1 CD, MP3

70g

17 x 13.5 x 1 cm