How My Parents Learned to Eat
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1987
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In World War II Japan, an American sailor and a Japanese woman learn the proper way to eat food in each other's cultures -- with a fork and knife and with chopsticks. Once married, they practice both customs with their daughter.
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- Title
- How My Parents Learned to Eat
- Author
- Ina R Friedman
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Publication year
- 1987
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0395442354
- ISBN 13
- 9780395442357
- Illustrator
- Say, Allen
An American sailor courts a young Japanese woman and each tries, in secret, to learn the other's way of eating.
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About the Author
Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan, and came to the United States when he was sixteen. His many treasured books for children include Tree of Cranes, Allison, and the Caldecott Medal–winning Grandfather's Journey. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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