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Stories from across the United States as told to a daughter of a war bride

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Finding Home in Big Sky Country (9:43)

Wakako, Haruko, Kazuko

The Japanese women who came with their American husbands to northwest Montana in the 1950s and early ’60s were unprepared for its winters, vast empty spaces and, for some, lives as single mothers.

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  • ►Chance Meetings in Japan (8)
  • ►Finding Identity (2)
  • ▼Making a Name (3)
    • A Barber in Maine (4:02)
    • Finding Home in Big Sky Country (9:43)
    • Passing the Exam (8:40)
  • ►Making Do (6)
  • ►The Children (8)
  • ►Living in America (14)
  • ►Endings (3)
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