How to Be an American Housewife by Dilloway, Margaret

How to Be an American Housewife (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780425241295)

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How to Be an American Housewife by Dilloway, Margaret

How to Be an American Housewife

$22.00
How to Be an American Housewife by Dilloway, Margaret

How to Be an American Housewife

$22.00
Format: Paperback
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A mother-daughter story about the strong pull of tradition, and the lure and cost of breaking free of it.

When Shoko decided to marry an American GI and leave Japan, she had her parents' blessing, her brother's scorn, and a gift from her husband-a book on how to be a proper American housewife.

As she crossed the ocean to America, Shoko also brought with her a secret she would need to keep her entire life...

Half a century later, Shoko's plans to finally return to Japan and reconcile with her brother are derailed by illness. In her place, she sends her grown American daughter, Sue, a divorced single mother whose own life isn't what she hoped for. As Sue takes in Japan, with all its beauty and contradictions, she discovers another side to her mother and returns to America unexpectedly changed and irrevocably touched.

Author: Margaret Dilloway
ISBN-10: 0425241297
ISBN-13: 9780425241295
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/02/2011
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.15h x 5.05w x 0.94d
By Margaret Dilloway
By Margaret Dilloway
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Margaret Dilloway was inspired by her Japanese mother's experiences when she wrote this novel, and especially by a book her father had given to her mother called The American Way of Housekeeping. Dilloway lives in Hawaii with her husband and their three young children. Her blog, American Housewife, can be found on her website, www.margaretdilloway.com.

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