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How to Be an American Housewife

By Margaret Dilloway

By Margaret Dilloway

By Margaret Dilloway

By Margaret Dilloway

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Aug 02, 2011 | ISBN 9780425241295

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    About How to Be an American Housewife

    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.

    About How to Be an American Housewife

    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.

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    Also by Margaret Dilloway

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    Sisters of Heart and Snow
    The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns
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    About Margaret Dilloway

    Margaret Dilloway is the author of How to Be an American Housewife and The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns. She lives in California with her husband and their three children.

    About Margaret Dilloway

    Margaret Dilloway is the author of How to Be an American Housewife and The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns. She lives in California with her husband and their three children.

    Product Details

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Berkley
    Aug 02, 2011 | 352 Pages | 5-1/16 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780425241295

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Berkley
    Aug 05, 2010 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781101189245

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