Michi's Memories: The Story of a Japanese War Bride

This book tells the story of Michi, one of 650 Japanese war brides who arrived in Australia in the early 1950s. The women met Australian servicemen in post-war Japan and decided to migrate to Australia as wives and fianc?es to start a new life. In 1953, when Michi reached Sydney Harbour by boat with her two Japanese-born children, she knew only one person in Australia: her husband. She did not know any English so she quickly learned her first English phrase, "I like Australia", in the car on the way from the harbour to meet her Australian family. In the last fifty years, she brought up seven children while the family moved from one part of Australia to another. Now, in her eighties, she leads a peaceful life in Adelaide, but remains active in many ways. Her voice is full of life and she looks and sounds much younger than her age.

Author: Keiko Tamura

Publisher: Anu Press

Publication Date: Sep 01, 2011

Number of Pages: 118 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1921862513

ISBN-13: 9781921862519