Mariko Marie Marina: My Life through Three Cultures A Memoir

In Japan I was Mariko, in Germany I was Marie, and now I am Marina. A child of three lands, proud of each, unable to say where each began and ended within me.

I decided to write a book so my family could know the life I have been so fortunate to live. This is my story, previously unknown to them.

"Mariko" was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1932. Her name meant "of the sea" after her father who was a seaman. He was from Germany, and this was during pre-World War II tensions. Her mother was from J...