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by Nina Revoyr


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Nina Revoyr brings us a compelling story of race, love, murder, and history against the backdrop of Los Angeles. A young Japanese-American woman, Jackie Ishida, is in her last semester of law school when her grandfather, Frank Sakai, dies unexpectedly. While trying to fulfill a request from his will, Jackie discovers that 4 black teenagers were killed in the store he ran during the Watts Riots of 1965—and that the murders were never solved or reported. Along with James Lanier, a cousin of one of the victims, she tries to piece together the story of the boys' deaths. In the process, Jackie unearths the long-held secrets of her family's history—and her own. Moving in and out of the past, from the shipping yards and internment camps of World War II; to the barley fields of the Crenshaw District in the 1930s; to the means streets of Watts in the 1960s; to the night spots and garment factories of the 1990s, Southland weaves a tale of L.A. in all of its faces and forms.

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  • Title Southland
  • Author Nina Revoyr
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 350
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Akashic Books, Ltd., New York
  • Date March 2003
  • ISBN 9781888451412 / 1888451416
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.3 x 1 in (20.83 x 13.46 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Cultural Region: West Coast
    • Geographic Orientation: California
    • Locality: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Sex & Gender: Lesbian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002116775
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/01/2003, Page 1378
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2003, Page 340
  • Lambda Book Report, 02/01/2003, Page 30
  • Library Journal, 04/15/2003, Page 126
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/28/2003, Page 50

About the author

Nina Revoyr is the author of The Necessary Hunger ("Irresistible." --Time Magazine). She was born in Japan, raised in Tokyo and Los Angeles, and is of Japanese and Polish-American descent. She lives and works in Los Angeles.

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