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Aiko's Journey Part Two

by Miriam M. Batts

254 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-1966; ISBN 1-4251-4609-0; US$27.78, C$27.78, EUR18.98, £14.34

Seventy-five years ago, while Korea was under the Japanese suppression, children of Korean-Japanese mixture were rare phenomena. The author, whose parents were Korean and Japanese, would like to tell story of her life.

About the Book

This is a sequel of "Aiko's Journey, Part I". It is a continuation of the life of a Korean-Japanese girl who lived in Japan, Korea and China during the Japanese militaristic regime. In "Aiko's Journey, Part II" she describes post World War II conditions in China and Japan, of which few people have any knowledge. It has been over sixty years since the end of World War II and the people who have carried the scars of the War are gradually passing away. The world now consists of the young who have no knowledge or experience of the war. The author hopes that this story will help encourage and give hope to those who are in difficulties. One's hopes and dreams can be fulfilled if one but perseveres.

About the Author

Miriam Misao Batts was born in Japan. She was educated at Keisen Jogakuen, a Protestant private school, the International Academy of the Convent of the Sacred Heart and Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, where she received a B.Sc. in Social Science.

From Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg, Germany, she earned a Doctor of Philosophy in History.

She later studied fashion design at the Lydia Lawrence Fashion Institute in Vancouver, B.C., Canada and worked as a fashion designer and a doll maker for a while. Some of her dolls are in private collection.

In 1984, she became a student of the world-renowned Chinese painter, Johnson Su-sing Chow and has been studying art since then.

From 1994 to 1995 she studied art at Fine Arts department of U.B.C. She has given many exhibitions, both group and solo and some of her works are in private collection. She has also taught art privately.

Miriam is also a poet. Her poems have been published in many anthologies, including "The Best Poems and Best Poets" of 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2003 by the International Library of Poetry and "Theatre of Mind" and "Centres of Expression" by Noble House in England. She was a semi-finalist at the 1999 Poetry Convention in Washington, D.C. and won Third Prize in Best Poems and Poets of 2005.

She also self published a poetry book, entitled "Passing of the Summer" by Trafford Publishing. Her poems can be viewed at www.poetry.com and www.poemsof theworld.com.

She has written many articles, both in English and Japanese and they have been published in Japan, England, U.S. and Canada.

She draws enjoyment from another field of art, music. She started taking lessons in piano at the of 57 and now holds a Grade Ten diploma in piano from the Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada.

She is married to an Englishman who is a professor emeritus in medieval German, has a married daughter and lives in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.