Book guide
When the Emperor Was Divine
One Japanese American family is uprooted from ordinary life and sent behind barbed wire.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalWar storyLiteraryTrauma recoveryLiteraryIdentity crisisLiterarySocial commentary
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About When the Emperor Was Divine
In 1942 Berkeley, a woman sees the notice that will force her family from their home. Told through multiple family perspectives, the novel follows their removal to a Utah incarceration camp and the emotional cost of wartime suspicion.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- racism
- racial slurs
- xenophobia
- confinement
- animal death
- death
- gun violence
- hate crime
