The novel begins with the death and funeral of Jackie's grandfather Frank Sakai, a Born and raised in the upscale suburb of Torrance, California, the daughter of two physicians, she has clearly lived a privileged life. , her second novel, is twenty-five year old (2011) examines race relations in a small midwest town in 1974.
like Japanese American silent film star protagonist who is rediscovered by a young writer in 1964 and her fourth, (1997) centers on two high school age basketball players in Los Angeles, one Japanese American, one African American, and both lesbian. Her four novels all feature Japanese American characters in a multi-racial environment, and three are set in Los Angeles in various historical periods. Her mother is a Japanese national and her father a white American.
Author Nina Revoyr was born in Japan and grew up in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Southern California, first in the South Bay, then in Culver City, graduating from Culver City High School.
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