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The CP had been an active champion of civil rights since the early 1930s. Washington's Cold War red scare began late in 1947 when the Republican controlled legislature authorized Albert Canwell to investigate the activities of Communists (January 22, 1948). Courtesy Museum of History and Industry.Īs the Red Scare got underway, the New World, a Seattle weekly published by the Communist Party, joined the Civil Rights Congress in denouncing the House UnAmerican Activites Committee (February 5, 1948). Personally I think the love developed a little too quickly with no issues, but that might just be a requirement for young adult books.Picketers denounce discriminatory hiring and service policies at Atlas Grocery Store (Yesler at 14th) in 1947 demonstration organized by the Ship Scalers Union and Communist Party.

It's easy to remember minor characters because of memorable interactions and scenes. I love how distinct the personalities are. It makes everything so much more relevant, but the world is so different that it gives a good distance from our daily lives. There's an economic, cultural, racial, and lingual divide, and our protagonist is smack dab in the middle of everything. I absolutely love how realistic all their problems are. It has its own religion, separate cultures, customs, languages, regions, and hidden history.

Aside from daddy issues, this book has a lot of imagination. If you're the wife, maybe never read this book. If it's too raw and painful, forget this book, maybe read it in a decade or two.

If you're looking for an opportunity to learn from the situation, read it. I absolutely loved that part of the book BECAUSE I have a father like that AND I've been looking at the situation from all sides for decades, and love ways to understand the situation and the aftermath. Everything that's completely unjust and upsetting in the first half will be poetic and maybe even understandable by the end. Seems like the 1 star reviewers didn't read the whole book. Thus anyone who has had exposure to it and still feels hatred towards their father or guilt for being that father will probably throw the book at the wall before they finish the book, and gripe about the dad being too evil. This book has a very touchy subject: fathers leaving their children and wives.