{"product_id":"losing-kei-paperback","title":"Losing Kei - 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\u003eSuzanne Kamata\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young mother fights impossible odds to be reunited with her child in this acutely insightful first novel about an intercultural marriage gone terribly wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJill Parker is an American painter living in Japan. Far from the trendy \u003ci\u003egaijin\u003c\/i\u003e neighborhoods of downtown Tokyo, she's settled in a remote seaside village where she makes ends meet as a bar hostess. Her world appears to open when she meets Yusuke, a savvy and sensitive art gallery owner who believes in her talent. But their love affair, and subsequent marriage, is doomed to a life of domestic hell, for Yusuke is the \u003ci\u003echonan\u003c\/i\u003e, the eldest son, who assumes the role of rigid patriarch in his traditional family while Jill's duty is that of a servile Japanese wife. A daily battle of wills ensues as Jill resists instruction in the proper womanly arts. Even the long-anticipated birth of a son, Kei, fails to unite them. Divorce is the only way out, but in Japan a foreigner has no rights to custody, and Jill must choose between freedom and abandoning her child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with tenderness, humor, and an insider's knowledge of contemporary Japan, \u003ci\u003eLosing Kei\u003c\/i\u003e is the debut novel of an exceptional expatriate voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Kamata\u003c\/b\u003e's work has appeared in over one hundred publications. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Bridge: Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan\u003c\/i\u003e and a forthcoming anthology from Beacon Press on parenting children with disabilities. A five-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize, she has twice won the Nippon Airways\/Wingspan Fiction Contest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuzanne Kamata's short work has appeared in over 100 publications. She is editor The Broken Bridge: Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan and a forthcoming anthology on parenting children with disabilities from Beacon Press. Currently fiction editor for the e-zine Literary Mama she is a five-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize and two-time winner of the\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 195\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.94 x 6.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47237351670009,"sku":"9780972898492","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TXlCMWFXbjZzR25yNWgrNDJmeDJBUT09.webp?v=1768539400","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/losing-kei-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}