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OverviewJane Takagi-Little, by trade a documentary filmmaker, by nature a truth seeker, is racially half, Japanese and American, and, as she tells us, neither here nor there... Jane is sharp-edged, desperate for a job, and determined not to fall in love again. Akiko Ueno, a young Japanese housewife, lives with her husband in a bleak high-rise apartment complex in a suburb of Tokyo. Akiko is so thin her bones hurt, and her husband, an ad agency salaryman who wants her to get pregnant, is insisting that she put some meat on them - literally. Ruth L. Ozeki's novel opens with two women on opposite sides of the globe, whose lives cannot be further apart. But when Jane gets a job, coordinating a television series whose mission is to bring the American heartland, and American meat, into the homes of Japan, she makes some wrenching discoveries - about love, meat, honor, and a hormone called DES. When Jane and Akiko's lives converge, what is revealed taps the deepest concerns of our time - how the past informs the present and how we live and love in this blessed, ever-shrinking world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ruth L Ozeki , Anna FieldsPublisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Imprint: Blackstone Audiobooks ISBN: 9780786131761ISBN 10: 0786131764 Publication Date: 01 June 2003 Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Downloadable audio file Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |