{"product_id":"9780975484852","title":"Tei","description":"Selected by Shelf Unbound as 2014 Notable Book.\u003cp\u003eAlmost 70 years ago in Japan, Tei Fujiwara wrote a memoir \"Nagareru Hoshiwa Ikiteiru\" about her harrowing journey home with her three young children. But the story of her story is what every reader needs to know. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTei's memoir begins in August 1945 in Manchuria. At that time, Tei and her family fled from the invading Soviets who declared war on Japan a few days after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. After reaching her home in Japan, Tei wrote what she thought would be a last testament to her young children, who wouldn't remember their journey and who might be comforted by their mother's words as they faced an unknown future in post-war Japan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut several miracles took place after she wrote the memoir. Tei survived and her memoir, originally published in Showa Era 24 [1949] became a best seller in a country still in ruins. Over the following decades, millions of Japanese became familiar with her story through forty-six print runs, the movie version, and a television drama. Empress Michiko urged her people to read Tei's story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first time, Westerner readers will now have the opportunity to read this intimate record of a Japanese war refugee.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tonnbo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034546061552,"sku":"9780975484852","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780975484852_p0.jpg?v=1764105915","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780975484852","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}