How to Be an American Housewife
By Margaret Dilloway
(Thorndike Press, Hardcover, Large Print, 9781410432766, 413pp.)
Publication Date: December 2010
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Paperback, Compact Disc, Compact Disc, MP3 CD
Categories: Contemporary Women
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the August 2010 Indie Notables“You will love this story of Shoko, a Japanese woman who marries an American soldier at the end of World War II and travels to America to become the perfect housewife. Shoko's plan to reunite with her brother in Japan is put on hold because of health problems, and she sends her daughter and granddaughter instead for the visit that reveals family secrets and leads to forgiveness.”
-- Beth Carpenter, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC
Description
A lively and surprising novel about a Japanese woman with a closely guarded secret, the American daughter who strives to live up to her mother's standards, and the rejuvenating power of forgiveness.
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