Memoirs Of An American Housewife In Japan

Author : Pauline Hager
Publisher : Pauline Hager
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of an American Housewife in Japan written by Pauline Hager and published by Pauline Hager. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American housewife's husband is offered a position in Japan to work on a multinational project. After much sole-searching they accept and their lives are never the same. Living in the countryside in housing specifically designed for Westerners, surrounded with friendly Japanese neighbors, and with families from The European Union, Canada, Russia and The United States, the Hagers endure. Life in Japan was a challenge: learning to drive on the left side of the road, decipher the labels on cans in the grocery stores, to name a few, but with the help of eager Japanese and their Western neighbors they thrive.

Author : Margaret Dilloway
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780399156373
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to be an American Housewife written by Margaret Dilloway and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entreated to visit her ancestral family in Japan in place of her ailing mother, Sue uncovers family secrets that influence her life in unforeseen ways, offer insight into her mother's marriage to an American GI and reveal the role of tradition in shaping personal choice.

Author : Nobuya Tsuchida
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections written by Nobuya Tsuchida and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of memoirs by 14 Japanese American women in Minnesota vividly depicts how individual citizens of Japanese ancestry were uniquely affected by World War II at the personal level on account of their ethnic background and American racism, as well as how they have achieved personal success. --Publisher.

Author : Elisabeth Bumiller
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307765881
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secrets of Mariko written by Elisabeth Bumiller and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Bumiller's intimate, beautifully written portrait of a middle-class Tokyo housewife, readers finally penetrate the mysteries of the Japanese people to see how they differ from us, and how they are alike.

Author : Anne E. Imamura
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824843851
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Japanese Housewives written by Anne E. Imamura and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Urban Japanese Housewives".

Author : Pauline Hager
Publisher : Pauline Hager
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Giorgi's Greek Tragedy written by Pauline Hager and published by Pauline Hager. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conflict abounds in this epic novel of the long, fierce war for independence fought by the Greeks against the Ottoman Turkish Empire, set in 1821 to 1829. Two young teenage boys join the Greek Freedom Fighters to avenge the murder of their parents by the Turks. Story set in the rugged mountains of the Peloponnese region of southern Greece.

Author : Tracy Slater
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101634847
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Good Shufu written by Tracy Slater and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brave, wry, irresistible journey of a fiercely independent American woman who finds everything she ever wanted in the most unexpected place. Shufu: in Japanese it means “housewife,” and it’s the last thing Tracy Slater ever thought she’d call herself. A writer and academic, Tracy carefully constructed a life she loved in her hometown of Boston. But everything is upended when she falls head over heels for the most unlikely mate: a Japanese salary-man based in Osaka, who barely speaks her language. Deciding to give fate a chance, Tracy builds a life and marriage in Japan, a country both fascinating and profoundly alienating, where she can read neither the language nor the simplest social cues. There, she finds herself dependent on her husband to order her food, answer the phone, and give her money. When she begins to learn Japanese, she discovers the language is inextricably connected with nuanced cultural dynamics that would take a lifetime to absorb. Finally, when Tracy longs for a child, she ends up trying to grow her family with a Petri dish and an army of doctors with whom she can barely communicate. And yet, despite the challenges, Tracy is sustained by her husband’s quiet love, and being with him feels more like “home” than anything ever has. Steadily and surely, she fills her life in Japan with meaningful connections, a loving marriage, and wonder at her adopted country, a place that will never feel natural or easy, but which provides endless opportunities for growth, insight, and sometimes humor. A memoir of travel and romance, The Good Shufu is a celebration of the life least expected: messy, overwhelming, and deeply enriching in its complications.

Author : Junichi Saga
Publisher : Kodansha Amer Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780870119880
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memories of Silk and Straw written by Junichi Saga and published by Kodansha Amer Incorporated. This book was released on 1990 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 50 reminiscences of pre-modern Japan. This book presents an illustrationf a way of life that has virtually disappeared.

Author : Clive Holland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Japanese Wife written by Clive Holland and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael J. Forrester
Publisher : American Classic Books
ISBN 13 : 1589822250
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tsuchino written by Michael J. Forrester and published by American Classic Books. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In a stunning tribute to his wife of 45 years, Michael Forrester's Tsuchino, My Japanese War Bride is a compelling narrative that gives readers history and insight into the little-known and understudied story of Japanese war brides in America. Before leaving to serve in the US military in the occupation of Japan, New York-born Irish Catholic Forrester was cautioned by his grandmother to not return home with a Japanese bride! Fortunately, Michael Forrester did not heed the warning and in 1958, he married Tsuchino Matsuo ? a strong-willed and determined woman who confounds any stereotypes readers might have had about Japanese war brides. Michael and Tsuchino's story of love transcends cultural and language barriers at a time in American history when marriage between two different races was a rare occurrence." ? Regina F. Lark, Ph.D., UCLA Center for the Study of Women and Women's Studies Programs