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DESCRIPTION:Mas Arai is a taciturn\, sometimes even curmudgeonly retired ga
 rdener with a past. Born in Watsonville in California&amp;rsquo\;s strawberry 
 country\, he was raised in Hiroshima\, Japan\, and as a teenager survived 
 the 1945 A-bomb. After the war\, he returned to Watsonville to start over\
 , finding shelter with cousins and work in the strawberry fields.\n\nNow\,
  after moving to Altadena and spending a lifetime as a gardener\, Mas retu
 rns to Watsonville for the funeral of his second cousin Shug Arai\, who&amp;rs
 quo\;d become a leader in the strawberry-growing world. In no time at all\
 , Mas finds himself at the scene of a murder\, and there are Arais involve
 d every which way. Plus he has suspicions that there might have been more 
 behind Shug&amp;rsquo\;s death than a simple heart attack. And is the terrible
  blight called Strawberry Yellow that&amp;rsquo\;s threatening the crops someh
 ow involved?\n\nIn the fifth and most compelling of the Edgar-winning Mas 
 Arai mysteries\, it&amp;rsquo\;s up to this quiet\, uneducated old man&amp;mdash\;
 who considers himself unworthy and finds most other human beings to be exh
 austing&amp;mdash\;to unravel the layers of mysteries. He negotiates a complic
 ated web of Arai cousins\, deals with decades-old family rivalries\, faces
  a terrifying attempt on his life\, and ultimately discovers not just what
  was behind the two deaths\, but why a top-secret new strawberry varietal 
 is named for him&amp;mdash\;and why it may have inspired murder.\n\nFree with 
 Museum admission.&amp;nbsp\;Reservations recommended to rsvp@janm.org or213.62
 5.0414 at least 48 hours prior.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.janm.org/&quot; targe
 t=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.janm.org&lt;/a&gt;\n&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.janm.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank
 &quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://janmstore.com/151330.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;\n&lt;a 
 href=&quot;http://janmstore.com/151330.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Available for sale
  at the Museum Store &amp;gt\;&amp;gt\;&lt;/a&gt;\n&lt;a href=&quot;/en/journal/2013/3/8/strawbe
 rry-yellow/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;\n&lt;a href=&quot;/journal/2013/3/8/strawberry-y
 ellow/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Read our interview with Naomi Hirahara on Discover
  Nikkei &amp;gt\;&amp;gt\;&lt;/a&gt;
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SUMMARY:BOOKS &amp;amp\; CONVERSATIONS: &quot;Strawberry Yellow&quot; by Naomi Hirahara
URL:/en/events/2013/03/30/books-amp-conversations-strawberry-yellow-by/
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