{"product_id":"a-daughter-of-the-samurai-memoir-of-a-remarkable-asian-american-woman-9784805317556","title":"A Daughter of the Samurai: Memoir of a Remarkable Asian-American Woman","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tuttle Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9784805317556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040353943733,"sku":"9784805317556","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_28ae9a8d-1cd3-4a55-bfc0-2eeeb55fad3a.jpg?v=1689090296","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-daughter-of-the-samurai-memoir-of-a-remarkable-asian-american-woman-9784805317556","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}