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This is the story of one woman's remarkable life successfully navigating two very different cultures--the first memoir of an Asian-American woman. Beautifully told, this immigrant's account of an unforgettable journey is the story of a headstrong and empowered woman--an loyal wife, a widowed mother and a bilingual breadwinner--finding her way and finding her voice in a strange new world. Follow in her footsteps and trace the remarkable trajectory of her life as she: Witnesses her father prepare and perform the ritual seppuku and her mother burn down the family home; Bids an emotional farewell and sails across the ocean to marry a wealthy merchant in a new land; Returns to Tokyo with her two daughters and mother-in-law, only to find her homeland just as alien as America, forcing her to reinvent herself again in order to provide for her family; Returns to America with her children following the death of her mother-in-law. An international best seller when it was first published a century ago, A Daughter of the Samurai emerges as a rare testament to a singular woman's resolve, strength and endurance.
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A Daughter of the Samurai, Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2023
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- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto
- Editore
- Waking Lion Press
- Pubblicato
- 2023
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 304
- ISBN13
- 9781434104984
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tema stórico, Storia, Storie vere, Biografie, Autobiografie e memorie, Giappone, Asia, Biografie di donne
- Valutazione
- 3,9 su 5
- Descrizione
- This is the story of one woman's remarkable life successfully navigating two very different cultures--the first memoir of an Asian-American woman. Beautifully told, this immigrant's account of an unforgettable journey is the story of a headstrong and empowered woman--an loyal wife, a widowed mother and a bilingual breadwinner--finding her way and finding her voice in a strange new world. Follow in her footsteps and trace the remarkable trajectory of her life as she: Witnesses her father prepare and perform the ritual seppuku and her mother burn down the family home; Bids an emotional farewell and sails across the ocean to marry a wealthy merchant in a new land; Returns to Tokyo with her two daughters and mother-in-law, only to find her homeland just as alien as America, forcing her to reinvent herself again in order to provide for her family; Returns to America with her children following the death of her mother-in-law. An international best seller when it was first published a century ago, A Daughter of the Samurai emerges as a rare testament to a singular woman's resolve, strength and endurance.