The Club’s April picks are When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka, along with a companion book, a graphic novel by George Takei entitled They Called Us Enemy.

When the Emperor Was Divine “paints a portrait of the Japanese American incarceration camps that is both a haunting evocation of a family in wartime and a resonant lesson for our times.” (Bookshop.org)

They Called Us Enemy is a stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei’s childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon—and America itself—in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.

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