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In the section that takes place at\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Poston_(Colorado_River)\" title=\"Poston (Colorado River)\">\n   Poston\n  </a>\n  , the narrator works for the\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Poston_Chronicle_(newspaper)\" title=\"Poston Chronicle (newspaper)\">\n    Poston Chronicle\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  while Marion is prohibited from working by her overprotective mother until she suffers a nervous breakdown. Later, Marion marries a prominent non-Japanese American economist and largely lives her life outside the ethnic community.\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n  <b>\n   Authored by\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n    Brian Niiya\n   </a>\n   , Densho\n  </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <p>\n  Might also like \"\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/The Loom (short story)/\" title=\"The Loom (short story)\">\n   The Loom\n  </a>\n  \" by R.A. Sasaki; \"\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Gambling Den (short story)/\" title=\"Gambling Den (short story)\">\n   Gambling Den\n  </a>\n  \" by Akemi Kikumura; \"\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Makapuu Bay (short story)/\" title=\"Makapuu Bay (short story)\">\n   Makapuu Bay\n  </a>\n  \" by Wakako Yamauchi\n </p>\n</div>\n","moreinfo":"<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n  <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n   For More Information\n  </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n  <p>\n   Yamauchi, Wakako. \"Rosebud.\" In\n   <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://archive.org/details/rosebudotherstor00yama\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    <i>\n     Rosebud and Other Stories\n    </i>\n   </a>\n   . Edited by Lillian Howan. 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