How to Be an American Housewife
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| Author | Margaret Dilloway |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Chick lit Fiction |
| Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Publication date | 2010 |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 978-0399156373 |
How To Be An American Housewife is a 2010 novel by Margaret Dilloway. It is based on the experiences of Dilloway's mother, who was a Japanese war bride.[1][2]
Synopsis
The book tells the story of Shoko Morgan, a mother of two and wife to American GI Charlie. Shoko decided to contact her brother Taro, whom she last saw when she married Charlie at the end of World War II. However, she is too ill to return her country. Shoko asked her daughter Sue and granddaughter to go to Japan to find her uncle to discover her mother's life secret.
Awards
The book was a John Gardner Fiction Award Finalist in 2011.[3]
References
- ↑ Newman, Judith (August 23, 2010). "Picks and Pans Main: Books". People.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
- ↑ "How to Be an American Housewife". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 257, no. 24. June 21, 2010. ISSN 0000-0019. ProQuest 518275084.
- ↑ "THE BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY JOHN GARDNER FICTION BOOK AWARD". Binghamton University. Binghamton Center for Writers. Archived from the original on April 13, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2013.