Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life
of a Japanese American Family

Lauren Kessler

2008. ISBN 978-0-87071-417-7. Paperback, $18.95

To celebrate Oregon’s 150th birthday, the Oregon Library Association has chosen one book for all Oregonians to read: Stubborn Twig. Lauren Kessler’s award-winning book, the selection for the statewide Oregon Reads program, is a classic story of immigrants making their way in a new land. It is a living work of social history that rings with the power of truth and the drama of fiction, a moving saga about the challenges of becoming an American.

"Remarkable... excels in its historical sweep and in Kessler's flair for dramatic storytelling...Thorough, imaginatively told, and sensitive...an eye-opener."
— San Francisco Chronicle