How to Be an American Housewife

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How To Be an American Housewife
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Author Margaret Dilloway
Country United States
Language English
Genre Chick lit Fiction
Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons
Publication date
2010 (2010)
ISBN 978-0399156373

How To Be An American Housewife is a 2010 novel by Margaret Dilloway. It is based on the experiences of Dilloway's mother, who was a Japanese war bride. [1] [2]

Contents

Synopsis

The book tells the story of Shoko Morgan, a mother of two and wife to American GI Charlie. Shoko decided to contact her brother Taro, whom she last saw when she married Charlie at the end of World War II. However, she is too ill to return her country. Shoko asked her daughter Sue and granddaughter to go to Japan to find her uncle to discover her mother's life secret.

Characters

Awards

The book was a John Gardner Fiction Award Finalist in 2011. [3]

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References

  1. Newman, Judith (2010-08-23). "Picks and Pans Main: Books". People.com. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  2. Beth Carpenter, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC (2011-08-02). "How to Be an American Housewife". IndieBound. Retrieved 2012-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "THE BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY JOHN GARDNER FICTION BOOK AWARD". Binghamton University. Binghamton Center for Writers. Retrieved 12 April 2013.