Secrets of the Sun: A Memoir

by Mako Yoshikawa

Book Overview

Mako Yoshikawa's father, Shoichi, was a man of contradictions. He grew up fabulously wealthy in prewar Japan but spent his final years living in squalor; he was a proper Japanese man who craved society's approval yet cross-dressed; he was a brilliant Princeton University physicist and renowned nuclear fusion researcher, yet his career withered as his severe bipolar disorder tightened its grip. And despite his generosity and charisma, he was often...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081425893X
• ISBN13: 9780814258934
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Mad Creek Books
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"