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The thorn puller, Hiromi Ito ; translated by Jeffrey Angles

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The thorn puller, Hiromi Ito ; translated by Jeffrey Angles
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The thorn puller
Oclc number
1334088225
Responsibility statement
Hiromi Ito ; translated by Jeffrey Angles
Summary
The first novel to appear in English by award-winning author Hiromi Ito explores the absurdities, complexities, and challenges experienced by a woman caring for her two families: her husband and daughters in California and her aging parents in Japan. As the narrator shuttles back and forth between these two starkly different cultures, she creates a powerful and entertaining narrative about what it means to live and die in a globalized society
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