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Losing Kei

Losing Kei

Author(s): Suzanne Kamata

Location(s): Tokyo

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1990s

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Jill is reeling from a bad relationship, and she decides to depart for Japan for a fresh start. She falls in love with the culture, and Yusuke Yamashiro. Although she is American, they decide to marry and she soon falls pregnant.This is the story of Jill being the mother of, Kei, the first born male (a chonan)and her struggle within a typical Japanese family with very traditional values and the consequences of choosing to end the marriage.

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I really felt this gave a good insight into the traditional values of Japan – Sahara D –

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