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Everything she touched the life of Ruth Asawa

"This is the story of a woman who wielded imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed everything she touched into art. Born in California in 1926, Ruth Asawa grew from a farmer's daughter to a celebrated sculptor. She survived an adolescence in the Japanese-American internmen...

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Main Author: Chase, Marilyn, 1949- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2020]
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Asawa, Ruth.
Sculptors > United States > Biography.
Japanese American sculptors > Biography.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue. Auction, 2013
  • Chapter 1. War
  • Chapter 2. The camp
  • Chapter 3. Getting up in the world
  • Chapter 4. Climbing Black Mountain
  • Chapter 5. Love letters
  • Chapter 6. A loft for a new life
  • Chapter 7. A workshop in Noe Valley
  • Chapter 8. Gamble with the young
  • Chapter 9. The fountain lady
  • Chapter 10. The wolf at the door
  • Chapter 11. Woman warrior
  • Chapter 12. Trust me
  • Chapter 13. The fighting years
  • Epilogue. A compact of love.

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