Standing Tall: The Extra/Ordinary Life of Mizuko Takahashi Nomura

Standing Tall: The Extra/Ordinary Life of Mizuko Takahashi Nomura (1895-1986) is an innovative accounting of a Japanese immigrant woman’s life and times.  A life extraordinary for its extremes, hers is a quintessential example of the resilience of the human spirit.  This story’s inspirational message is universal.  It holds special relevance to American readers, the vast majority who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants themselves.  Additionally, within Mizuko Takahashi Nomura’s 90+ years of life, the world around her experienced remarkable change and development.  Standing Tall… celebrates and contextualizes her life amid the evolving panorama of American and world events.