{"product_id":"silent-honor-9780440224051","title":"Silent Honor","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Danielle Steel, a moving novel of families separated and lives shattered by prejudice during one of the most shameful episodes in American history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A man ahead of his time, Japanese college professor Masao Takashimaya of Kyoto had a passion for modern ideas that was as strong as his wife's belief in ancient traditions. His eighteen-year-old daughter, Hiroko, torn between her mother's traditions and her father's wishes, boarded the SS \u003ci\u003eNagoya Maru\u003c\/i\u003e to come to California for an education and to make her father proud. It was August 1941. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the ship, she went to the Palo Alto home of her uncle, Takeo, and his family. To Hiroko, California was a different world. Her cousins had become more American than Japanese. And much to Hiroko's surprise, Peter Jenkins, her uncle's assistant at Stanford, became an unexpected link between her old world and her new. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On December 7, Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese. Within hours, war is declared and suddenly Hiroko has become an enemy in a foreign land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On February 19, Executive Order 9066 is signed by President Roosevelt, giving the military the power to remove the Japanese from their communities at will. Takeo and his family are given ten days to sell their home, give up their jobs, and report to a relocation center, along with thousands of other Japanese and Japanese Americans, to face their destinies there. Families are divided, people are forced to abandon their homes, their businesses, their freedom, and their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Danielle Steel portrays not only the human cost of that terrible time in history, but also the remarkable courage of a people whose honor and dignity transcended the chaos that surrounded them. \u003ci\u003eSilent Honor\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the stark truth about the betrayal of Americans by their own government . . . and the triumph of a woman caught between cultures and determined to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanielle Steel \u003c\/b\u003ehas been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 650 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include \u003ci\u003eThe Good Fight, The Cast, Accidental Heroes, Fall from Grace, Past Perfect, Fairytale, \u003c\/i\u003eand other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eHis Bright Light, \u003c\/i\u003e the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; \u003ci\u003eA Gift of Hope, \u003c\/i\u003ea memoir of her work with the homeless; \u003ci\u003ePure Joy, \u003c\/i\u003eabout the dogs she and her family have loved; and the children's books \u003ci\u003ePretty Minnie in Paris \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460231074066,"sku":"9780440224051","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_93b32ecf-a6b1-45e9-8566-6d4c6010c0e1.jpg?v=1730034387","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/silent-honor-9780440224051","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}