The Strangeness of Beauty

The Strangeness of Beauty

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The Strangeness of Beauty

The Strangeness of Beauty

Written by Lydia Minatoya
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A quietly daring exploration of art, family, culture, and conscience, as three generations of women, American and Japanese, face a strained reunion in pre-World War II Japan. Etsuko and her six-year-old motherless niece return from jazz-age Seattle to the ancient Japanese household of Etsuko’s mysterious samurai mother. With Japanese militarism mounting, the women must learn to make peace in an absorbing tale where mothers are childless, warriors are pacifists, and beauty is found in the common and the small.

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Published June 11, 1999
ISBN 239736
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After spending years working in the corporate world, Lydia Minatoya finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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