How to Be an American Housewife

by Margaret Dilloway

Book Overview

A lively and surprising novel about a Japanese woman with a closely guarded secret, the American daughter who strives to live up to her mother's standards, and the rejuvenating power of forgiveness. "How to Be an American Housewife" is a novel about mothers and daughters, and the pull of tradition. It tells the story of Shoko, a Japanese woman who married an American GI, and her grown daughter, Sue, a divorced mother whose life as an American housewife...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399156372
• ISBN13: 9780399156373
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher