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Heart of fire an immigrant daughter's story

"Mazie Hirono is one of the most fiercely outspoken Democrats in Congress, but her journey to the U.S. Senate was far from likely. Raised poor on her family's rice farm in rural Japan, Hirono was seven years old when her mother left her abusive husband and sailed with her two elder childre...

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Main Author: Hirono, Mazie, 1947- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: [New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
Subjects:
Hirono, Mazie, > 1947-
Japanese American women > Hawaii > Biography.
Lieutenant governors > Hawaii > Biography.
Legislators > Hawaii > Biography.
Women legislators > Hawaii > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Women legislators > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
Hawaii > Politics and government > 1959-
Autobiographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Necessary fire
  • Good girl
  • Tari and Chieko
  • On Kewalo Street
  • Star spangled
  • The flower farm
  • Kaimuki Town
  • Revelations
  • Tinderbox
  • Waiminalo
  • Rich man's war
  • Betty Friedan and me
  • Young Democrats
  • The quiet fisherman
  • A voice for all
  • Stew and rice
  • Lost and found
  • Made with aloha
  • Daruma doll
  • One thousand cranes
  • A modern campaign
  • Roll call
  • Across the aisle
  • One nation under siege
  • Seeking truth
  • Rebel women
  • Zombie land
  • Two pandemics
  • Epilogue: The paper makers.

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