An American couple move to Japan, ostensibly to be near the wife's mother, in fact to save their marriage after his infidelity. He is Scottish, she is half-Japanese and they have four children. The story is narrated by the eldest, Ellen, 10.
Translation of Issei history Tacoma nihonjin hattenshi ( History of the Devlopment of the Tacoma Japanese) published in 1917 by the Tacoma Japanese Association.
In this collection of interrelated stories are tales spoken in a true host of voices, savvy guide to a world at once ancient and modern, through the minefields of adolescence, betrayal, madness, racism, and found and failed beliefs, where the…
Describes six-year-old Ernie Wong's preparations, at home and in school, for the Chinese New Year celebrations and his first public performance of the lion dance. On the Chinese New Year, six-year-old Ernie will perform his first Lion Dance. An…