How To Be an American Housewife

By Dilloway, Margaret

Publishers Summary:
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. How to Be an American Housewife is a novel about mothers and daughters, and the pull of tradition. It tells the story of Shoko, a Japanese woman who married an American GI, and her grown daughter, Sue, a divorced mother whose life as an American housewife hasn't been what she'd expected. When illness prevents Shoko from traveling to Japan, she asks Sue to go in her place. The trip reveals family secrets that change their lives in dramatic and unforeseen ways. Offering an entertaining glimpse into American and Japanese family lives and their potent aspirations, this is a warm and engaging novel full of unexpected insight.

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ISBN
978-0-39915-637-3
Publisher
Putnam


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Reviewed on July 1, 2010

Loosely based on the life of Dilloway's mother, this debut novel is a beautifully told story of love that melds family, cultures, and survival. During the American occupation of Japan, Shoko, the beautiful eldest child of a lawyer-turned-Konko priest, obediently allowed her father to select a U.S. serviceman for her to marry. Now residing in San Diego with her husband, Charlie, Shoko is ailing fr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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