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Margaret Dilloway

Autor/a de How to Be an American Housewife

9+ obres 1,271 Membres 119 Ressenyes 1 preferits

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Obres de Margaret Dilloway

How to Be an American Housewife (2010) 704 exemplars
Sisters of Heart and Snow (2015) 118 exemplars
Summer of a Thousand Pies (2019) 80 exemplars
Five Things About Ava Andrews (2020) 38 exemplars
Where the Sky Lives (2022) 11 exemplars
Tale of the Warrior Geisha (2015) 1 exemplars

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What the World Is Reading (2009) — Col·laborador — 20 exemplars

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This helped me understand life with kidney dialysis. The book seemed to take a safe approach to teenage angst and relationships with elders.
 
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rduben | Hi ha 32 ressenyes més | Jan 15, 2024 |
 
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lexilewords | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Dec 28, 2023 |
A mother-daughter story about the strong pull of tradition, and the lure and cost of breaking free of it. When Shoko decided to marry an American GI and leave Japan, she had her parents' blessing, her brother's scorn, and a gift from her husband-a book on how to be a proper American housewife. As she crossed the ocean to America, Shoko also brought with her a secret she would need to keep her entire life... Half a century later, Shoko's plans to finally return to Japan and reconcile with her brother are derailed by illness. In her place, she sends her grown American daughter, Sue, a divorced single mother whose own life isn't what she hoped for. As Sue takes in Japan, with all its beauty and contradictions, she discovers another side to her mother and returns to America unexpectedly changed and irrevocably touched.… (més)
 
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DSH-M-Library | Hi ha 60 ressenyes més | Jan 4, 2023 |
It was a light read. Cute.
 
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dmurfgal | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Dec 9, 2022 |

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Obres
9
També de
2
Membres
1,271
Popularitat
#20,174
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
119
ISBN
76
Llengües
2
Preferit
1

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