{"product_id":"daughter-of-the-samurai-9781462924073","title":"Daughter of the Samurai","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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48298095608059,"sku":"9781462924073","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_efe65891-879e-4925-a4ec-92ce8dfd32bd.jpg?v=1779190869","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/daughter-of-the-samurai-9781462924073","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}