Summer of the Big Bachi (42 page)

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Copyright Š 2004 by Naomi Hirahara

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Hirahara, Naomi, 1962–

Summer of the big bachi / Naomi Hirahara.

p. cm.

“Delta trade paperbacks.”

e-ISBN 0-440-33489-6

1. Japanese Americans— Fiction. 2. Los Angeles (Calif.)— Fiction. 3. Gardeners— Fiction. 4. Aged men— Fiction. 5. Revenge— Fiction. I. Title.

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