Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto is the true story of how the author's grandparents survived the Second World War. A young Canadian soldier deployed to Hong Kong, Mark's maternal grandfather was captured by the Japanese and became a prisoner of war, enduring brutal conditions in captivity. His paternal grandmother, meanwhile, was forced from her home in Vancouver and interned in Alberta, along with many other Japanese-Canadian families. Forgiveness tells their stories, and the story of how they learned to forgive and move forward for the sake of their children.