A01=Wendy Nelson Tokunaga
adventure
amusing metaphors
Asian american author
Author_Wendy Nelson Tokunaga
Category=FBA
chick lit
entertaining
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family secrets
finding love
finding oneself
Japan
Japanese culture
language barriers
long lost relative
multicultural fiction
new love
orphans
relationships
self discovery
self identity
unique
vivid imagery
Product details
- ISBN 9780312372668
- Dimensions: 135 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 24 Nov 2009
- Publisher: Griffin Publishing
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Stuck. That's how 33-year-old aspiring singer Celeste Duncan feels. Stuck with her deadbeat boyfriend and static career. But then Celeste receives a puzzling phone call and a box full of mysterious family heirlooms, which just might be the first real clue to the identity of the father she never knew. Impulsively, Celeste flies to Japan to search for a long-lost relative who could be able to explain. She stumbles head first into a weird, wonderful world where nothing is quite as it seems - a land with an inexplicable fascination with foreigners, karaoke boxes, and unbearably perky TV stars. With little knowledge of Japanese, Celeste finds a friend in her English-speaking homestay brother, Takuya. And then, as they cross the country following a trail after Celeste's family, she discovers she's developing 'more-than-sisterly' feelings for him. Can Celeste find her true self in this strange land, and discover that love can transcend culture?
Wendy Nelson Tokunaga received her MFA in writing from University of San Francisco, and her short stories have appeared in a variety of publications. She lives in San Francisco, California, with her Japanese-born surfer-dude/musician husband and their cat Meow.
