A Daughter of the Samurai

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<b>"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.</b> <b>This is the story of one woman's remarkable life successfully navigating two very different cultures--the first memoir of an Asian-American woman.</b> 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: <ul> <li>Witnesses her father prepare and perform the ritual <i>seppuku</i> and her mother burn down the family home</li> <li>Bids an emotional farewell and sails across the ocean to marry a wealthy merchant in a new land</li> <li>Returns to Tokyo with her two daughters and mother-in-law, only to find her homeland just as alien as America, forcing her to reinvent herself again in order to provide for her family</li> <li>Returns to America with her children following the death of her mother-in-law</li> </ul> An international bestseller when it was first published a century ago, <i>A Daughter of the Samurai</i> emerges as a rare testament to a singular woman's resolve, strength and endurance. This edition features a new foreword by 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist Janice P. Nimura.