The Forgotten Box
Noriko Ohsada
Summary:
25 years after immigrating to Canada, Noriko Ohsada finds her long-forgotten, old Japanese dress shoes in the closet and begins to contemplate her true identities, connections and disconnections in her family and own culture. Is her sister right when she says Noriko is no longer Japanese?
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