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Kimi's Obaachan, her grandmother, possessed always been a silent presence throughout her young ones. Sipping tea by the open fire, organizing sushi for the family, or indulgently listening to Ojichan's (grandfather's) reports for the thousandth time, Obaachan was a missing link to Kimi's Japanese traditions, something she possessed had a merged romantic relationship with all her life. Growing up in rural Pa, all Kimi ever wished to do was fit in, spurning traditional Japanese cuisine and her grandfather's endeavors to teach her the vocabulary. But there was one part of Obaachan's life that fascinated and haunted Kimi since age eleven-her soft yet pleased Obaachan was once a prisoner, along with 112,000 Japanese People in america, for more than five years of her life. Obaachan never spoke of those years, and Kimi's own mom only spoke of it in whispers. It had been a source of haji, or shame. But what really occurred to Obaachan, then a young female, and the thousands of other men, women, and children like her? Obaachan would meet her hubby in the camps and watch her mother die there, too. From the turmoil, racism, and paranoia that sprang up after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the terrifying coach ride to Heart Mountain, to the fake guarantee of V-J day, Sterling silver Like Dust catches a vital chapter of the Japanese-American experience through the quest of one exceptional woman. Her storyline is one of thousands, yet is powerful a testament to the enduring bonds of family and an unusual go through the American dream.
