A Daughter of the Samurai: Memoir of a Remarkable Asian-American Woman Sugimoto Etsu Inagaki
"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."…
Specifikacia A Daughter of the Samurai: Memoir of a Remarkable Asian-American Woman Sugimoto Etsu Inagaki
"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.This is the story of one woman's remarkable life successfully navigating two very different cultures--the first memoir of an Asian-American woman.Beautifully 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.Follow in her footsteps and trace the remarkable trajectory of her life as she: - Witnesses her father prepare and perform the ritual seppuku and her mother burn down the family homeBids an emotional farewell and sails
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