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This is a poignant story about mothers and daughters, and about the challenges faced by immigrants to the U.S. Its title comes from a fictional 1955 book that instructs Japanese housewives on how things are done in America, and each chapter begins with a quote from this book. Told in the voices of mother Shoko and daughter Suiko (Sue), the story begins before the Second World War when Shoko was a child. The war came and she met and married an American Marine. Her younger brother, Taro, has never
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"If you wait for happiness to find you, you may be waiting a long time."-p246
"No time in this life think 'What if?' Just got do. Okay?"-p249 ...more
"No time in this life think 'What if?' Just got do. Okay?"-p249 ...more
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