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Hakujin : a Novel by Helene Gabel Ryan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Hakujin (a Japanese term for white person) is told from the viewpoint of Robin, a young Caucasian whose best friend Kiko is Japanese. When Robin falls in love with Kiko's brother Tadashi, the romance ignites a family feud. Also in feud with her family is Robin's cousin Frannie. When Frannie becomes pregnant out of wedlock, the cousins flee to San Antonio, Texas. Enroute Robin sees a carload of German prisoners, and later as an employee for the USO Travelers Aid Service she types case histories of impoverished farm workers. She is shocked by the treatment of minorities in the South. As the war rages on, her brother flies missions over Germany and Tasashi fights in France with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. When the war in Europe ends, Robin returns home a wiser and more compassionate young woman, financially independent, which was unusual for women of her day, and courageously vocal about prejudice. Helene Ryan's decision to write a novel about the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans stems from her having witnessed their evacuation from Seattle in April 1942.

Who reads Hakujin : a Novel?

Author

Helene Gabel Ryan

Publisher

Seattle, Wash.: Anthes Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780977488506

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Humanities

Rating

2.67 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14