![]() ![]() Frank was a veteran of World War II who, many years before, had owned a store in the Crenshaw District, one of the first racially mixed neighborhoods in the city and now the heart of L.A.’s black community. A young Japanese-American woman, Jackie Ishida, is in her last semester of law school when her grandfather, Frank Sakai, dies unexpectedly. In Southland, her award-winning second novel, Nina Revoyr brings us a compelling story of race, love, murder, and history against the backdrop of Los Angeles. Numerous Campus Reads and Community Reads Selections ![]() Libération (France) “50 Books for the Summer-2007” Winner of the ALA’s Stonewall Honor Award Winner of the Ferro-Grumley Literary Award One of LAist’s “20 Novels That Dared To Define A Different LA” ![]()
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