"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. 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--a 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 bestseller 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. This edition features a
new foreword by 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist Janice P. Nimura.
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