A writer since she could wield a pencil and make coherent words, Margaret dabbled in other art forms, including a major in Studio Art at Scripps College. Margaret Dilloway grew up in San Diego, California, the daughter of a Japanese mother and an American father (of Irish-Welsh origin, if you must know). Currently-lives in San Diego, California.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. In her place, she sends her grown American daughter, Sue, a divorced single mother whose own life isn't what she hoped for. Half a century later, Shoko's plans to finally return to Japan and reconcile with her brother are derailed by illness. 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.Īs she crossed the ocean to America, Shoko also brought with her a secret she would need to keep her entire life. A mother-daughter story about the strong pull of tradition, and the lure and cost of breaking free of it.
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