{"product_id":"a-daughter-of-the-samurai-memoir-of-a-remarkable-asian-american-woman-paperback","title":"A Daughter of the Samurai: Memoir of a Remarkable Asian-American Woman - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEtsu Inagaki Sugimoto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJanice P. Nimura\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Morley\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Her life was a bridge from the nineteenth century to the twentieth, from the time-hallowed beauty and rigidity of a samurai household to the disorienting, forward-looking freedoms of the West.\" --Janice P. Nimura, from the foreword.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the story of one woman's remarkable life successfully navigating two very different cultures--the first memoir of an Asian-American woman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully told, this immigrant's account of an unforgettable journey is the story of a headstrong and empowered woman--a loyal wife, a widowed mother and a bilingual breadwinner--finding her way and finding her voice in a strange new world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollow in her footsteps and trace the remarkable trajectory of her life as she: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWitnesses her father prepare and perform the ritual \u003ci\u003eseppuku\u003c\/i\u003e and her mother burn down the family home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBids an emotional farewell and sails across the ocean to marry a wealthy merchant in a new land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReturns 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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReturns to America with her children following the death of her mother-in-law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn international bestseller when it was first published a century ago, \u003ci\u003eA Daughter of the Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e emerges as a rare testament to a singular woman's resolve, strength and endurance. This edition features a new foreword by 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist Janice P. Nimura.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEtsu Inagaki Sugimoto\u003c\/b\u003e (1874-1950) was a Japanese-American writer and educator. She began writing essays on Japan for local Cincinnati newspapers to practice her English, then for the magazine \u003ci\u003eAsia\u003c\/i\u003e, which were later published in book form as \u003ci\u003eA Daughter of the Samurai.\u003c\/i\u003e This book became an international bestseller. Sugimoto went on to publish several other novels and eventually moved to New York where she taught Japanese language and history at Columbia University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanice P. Nimura\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDaughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back, \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable book in 2015. More recently, she received a Public Scholar Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of her work on \u003ci\u003eThe Doctors Blackwell\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in biography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Morley\u003c\/b\u003e (1890-1957) was a journalist, author, lecturer and theatrical producer best known for the novels \u003ci\u003eParnassus on Wheels, The Haunted Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKitty Foyle\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978498146605,"sku":"9784805317556","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/eJTAV4mRtp9784805317556.webp?v=1775805491","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-daughter-of-the-samurai-memoir-of-a-remarkable-asian-american-woman-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}