How to be an american housewife
(2010)

Fiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : Tantor Media, Inc. : Made available through hoopla, 2010
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (480 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781400197736 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11023008, 1400197732 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11023008
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Read by Laural Merlington, Emily Durante

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

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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