Shizuko's Daughter - Paperback
by Kyoko Mori
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ballantine GroupISBN-13:9780449704332ISBN-10:449704335UPC:9780449704332Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Social ThemesBook Topic:Emotions & Feelings, Values & VirtuesSize:6.80 x 4.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC5KW33KZ4
"Lyrical...A beautifully written book about a bitterly painful coming of age."
THE KIRKUS REVIEWS
Yuki Okuda knows her mother would be proud of her grades and her achievements in sports if she were alive. But she committed suicide. And Yuki has to learn how to live with a father who doesn't seem to love her and a stepmother who treats her badly. Most important, she has to learn how to live with herself: a twelve-year-old Japanese girl growing up alone, trying to make sense of a tragedy that makes no sense at all....
THE KIRKUS REVIEWS
Yuki Okuda knows her mother would be proud of her grades and her achievements in sports if she were alive. But she committed suicide. And Yuki has to learn how to live with a father who doesn't seem to love her and a stepmother who treats her badly. Most important, she has to learn how to live with herself: a twelve-year-old Japanese girl growing up alone, trying to make sense of a tragedy that makes no sense at all....
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ballantine GroupISBN-13:9780449704332ISBN-10:449704335UPC:9780449704332Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Social ThemesBook Topic:Emotions & Feelings, Values & VirtuesSize:6.80 x 4.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC5KW33KZ4
Kyoko Mori is the author of three nonfiction books: Yarn: Remembering the Way Home; Polite Lies: On Being a Woman Caught Between Cultures; and The Dream of Water. Mori's essay "Yarn" was selected for The Best American Essays 2004 and Polite Lies was shortlisted for PEN's Martha Albrand Nonfiction Award.
Publisher: Ballantine Group
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