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At Home In Japan: A Foreign Woman's Journey Of Discovery (2010)

by Rebecca Otowa(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

4805310782 (ISBN13: 9784805310786)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Tuttle Publishing

review 1: There's no way I would have ever put up with the abuse that this woman's mother-in-law heaped on her, and the majority of American women would agree with me in that. There are sweet, tender encounters with townspeople and shy questions from new friends that lighten up the story. The house itself is a 300-year-old compound that I would love to spend some time getting to know. But the householders, especially that mother-in-law, would do me in.
review 2: A gentle read about an American/Australian woman's experience marrying a Japanese man, settling in the rural countryside in his family's 350-year-old house, and raising a family. Like many readers, I enjoyed learning about her world, but was troubled by the fact that she is not accepted by people in her community... more and her feelings on how much she has lost by moving to Japan. I am not much for "accepting your fate" patiently, so perhaps this is more my issue than hers, but she certainly seems torn about her choice. less

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