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 A delightful novel about love, identity, and what it means to be adrift in a strange land. This story of a search has an Alice in Wonderland vibe; when Celeste climbs down the rabbit hole, one can't help but follow along.
–Michelle Richmond, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Fog
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An amusing story of one woman's quest for her father and the improbable path of love.
—Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Wednesday Sisters
* * * * * "Twists and surprises abound as does humor and tenderness. Love in Translation was a joy to read."
— Beth Hoffman, bestselling author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt.
* * * * *
—Malena Watrous, author of If You Follow Me
* * * * *
"Tokunaga strikes just the right balance between serious and silly in this coming-of-age story for adults. Her best work yet."
—Suzanne Kamata, author of Losing Kei and Call Me Okaasan.
* * * * *
"Celeste is an easy character to cheer for."
—Melanie Ho, Asian Review of Books
* * * * *
Tokunaga... describe[s] Japanese culture in absorbing detail.
—Publishers Weekly
* * * * *
A delightful plot with wonderful characterizations.
—Affair de Coeur Magazine
—Publishers’ Weekly
"Tokunaga suffuses the book with warmth and lightness .....Just as the right dessert hits the spot, reading this delicious slice of escapism makes for a perfect afternoon. But instead of suffering a sugar crash afterward, you'll muse for days about the characters you've left behind and why they matter so much to you.
—San Francisco Chronicle
“A delightful debut novel.” —Tokyo Metropolis
“A surprisingly pleasurable read.”—Daily Yomiuri
Author Lauren Baratz-Logsted (Vertigo) says, “A delightful fusion of East meeting West, as if Banana Yoshimoto and Meg Cabot got together to create a romantic comedy.”
* * *
A delightful novel about love, identity, and what it means to be adrift in a strange land. This story of a search has an Alice in Wonderland vibe; when Celeste climbs down the rabbit hole, one can't help but follow along.
–Michelle Richmond, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Fog
* * * * *
An amusing story of one woman's quest for her father and the improbable path of love.
—Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Wednesday Sisters
* * * * * "Twists and surprises abound as does humor and tenderness. Love in Translation was a joy to read."
— Beth Hoffman, bestselling author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt.
* * * * *
—Malena Watrous, author of If You Follow Me
* * * * *
"Tokunaga strikes just the right balance between serious and silly in this coming-of-age story for adults. Her best work yet."
—Suzanne Kamata, author of Losing Kei and Call Me Okaasan.
* * * * *
"Celeste is an easy character to cheer for."
—Melanie Ho, Asian Review of Books
* * * * *
Tokunaga... describe[s] Japanese culture in absorbing detail.
—Publishers Weekly
* * * * *
A delightful plot with wonderful characterizations.
—Affair de Coeur Magazine
—Publishers’ Weekly
"Tokunaga suffuses the book with warmth and lightness .....Just as the right dessert hits the spot, reading this delicious slice of escapism makes for a perfect afternoon. But instead of suffering a sugar crash afterward, you'll muse for days about the characters you've left behind and why they matter so much to you.
—San Francisco Chronicle
“A delightful debut novel.” —Tokyo Metropolis
“A surprisingly pleasurable read.”—Daily Yomiuri
Author Lauren Baratz-Logsted (Vertigo) says, “A delightful fusion of East meeting West, as if Banana Yoshimoto and Meg Cabot got together to create a romantic comedy.”
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LOVE IN TRANSLATION
From the author of Midori by Moonlight comes a tale that will warm the hearts of anyone who’s ever dreamt of finding love and family in an unexpected place...
Stuck.
That’s how 33-year-old aspiring singer Celeste Duncan feels, with her
deadbeat boyfriend and static career. But then Celeste receives a
puzzling phone call and a box full of mysterious family heirlooms,
which just might be the first real clue to the identity of the father
she never knew. Impulsively, Celeste flies to Japan to search for a
long-lost relative who could be able to explain. She stumbles head
first into a weird, wonderful world where nothing is quite as it
seems—a land with an inexplicable fascination with foreigners, karaoke
boxes, and unbearably perky TV stars. With little knowledge of
Japanese, Celeste finds a friend in her English-speaking homestay
brother, Takuya, and comes to depend on him for all variety of
translation, travel and investigatory needs. As they cross the country
following a trail after Celeste's family, she discovers she's
developing "more-than-sisterly" feelings for him. But with a nosy
homestay mom scheming to reunite Takuya with his old girlfriend, and
her search growing dimmer, Celeste begins to wonder whether she's made
a terrible mistake in coming to Japan. Can Celeste find her true self
in this strange land, and discover that love can transcend culture?
* * *
A comic, cross-cultural novel in
which fresh-from-Japan Midori Saito finds herself lost in
translation in San Francisco
as she searches for her American Dream
and the perfect dessert.
MIDORI BY MOONLIGHT
– A Novel by Wendy Nelson Tokunaga
>> Read an Excerpt Now!<<
St. Martin’s Press
Available September 2007
ISBN: 0312372612
Midori Saito's dream
seems about to come true. Too independent for Japanese
society, Midori is a young woman who has always felt like a
stranger in her native land. So when she falls in love with Kevin,
an American English teacher, she readily agrees to leave home and start
a new life with him in San
Francisco—as his fiancée. Kevin seems to be
the perfect man. That is, until he dumps her for his blond
ex-fiancée, whom Midori never even knew existed. With just a
smattering of fractured English, not much cash, and a fiancée visa set
to expire in 60 days, Midori realizes she’s in for quite a struggle.
Unable to face the humiliation of telling her parents she's been
jilted, she decides to go it alone, surprising even herself as she
proves she will do almost anything to hang on to her “American Dream.”
Praise for Midori by Moonlight
“Tokunaga
depicts Midori's determination to create her own version of the
American dream with exuberance [in this] delectably frothy debut.”
—Publishers’ Weekly
“[Midori by Moonlight]
draws upon vivid imagery when defining traits of Japanese culture and
really hits the nail on the head when depicting some American attitudes
toward others.... witty and charming."
—Charleston
Gazette
“Midori is endearing, feisty, and funny:
the novel is a delight.” – Ellen Sussman, editor of Bad
Girls and author of On a Night Like This.
Best selling author Cara Lockwood (Dixieland Sushi) says, “Midori by Moonlight
is part wasabi, part ginger, and as scrumptious as a California
roll. You’ll devour this book in a day!”
Author Lauren Baratz-Logsted (Vertigo)
says, “A delightful fusion of East meeting West, as if Banana Yoshimoto
and Meg Cabot got together to create a romantic comedy.”
From Margo Candela, author of Life
Over Easy: “Shedding light on Japanese culture and modern dating,
relating, and living woes, Tokunaga blends both with an insider’s eye
for nuance and a real love for her characters. Delightfully sweet, just
like Midori.”
* * *
Winner in Writer’s Digest’s 2002 Best Self-Published Book
Awards in the Mainstream/Literary Fiction Category
Available from Amazon.COM
and most other online book retailers.
What happens when
everyone around you is blissfully popping babies like so many rabbits,
your mother wants a grandchild more than anything else in the world,
but you're just not interested? Meet Audrey Mills, a 35-year-old
Silicon Valley techie who has a loving live-in boyfriend, a decent job,
and a passion for old movies, but who suffers from a sort of divine
discontent. Something's missing in Audrey's life — one she has spent
trying to please her former Hollywood actress mother, her competitive
sister and everyone else but herself — and she's determined to find out
what it is NOW. Enter Tyrone Power look-alike, Aldo. He's not only
handsome, he's smart, fun, and most of all, devastatingly sexy. Should
Audrey risk giving up the security and love she already has for this
charmer who seems too good to be true? Audrey starts to realize that
life isn't a dress rehearsal and you sure can't call "cut" the way you
do in the movies. Will she be able to write her own happy ending?
“A great read!” -
Krista Appel, Sidekick
"An entertaining book
[that] kept my interest and imagination working throughout the entire
book." - Dovie Jacoby - Romance Central
“A superbly written
novel that many women, men, and families can relate to.” – Jennifer L.
B. Leese, It’s Only Ink
"Smart, witty and
thoroughly modern...[with] an interesting plot and wonderful character
development." Astrid Kinn - Romance
“The
conversational tone imparts to readers the sense of listening while a
troubled friend unfolds layers of a story composed of decades of
interwoven influences.” – Seattle Press
* * *
Famous
People - Christina Aguilera (Famous People)
Having
sold over 23 million records;
Christina Aguilera is one of the top female vocalists in the pop music
world today. This book follows her life from the little girl who
pursued her dream to a young woman who became a teen superstar, and who
is determined to keep growing as a musical artist.
* * *
 Wonders
of the World - Niagara Falls (Wonders of the World)
Thunderous
waterfalls, swirling whirlpools, a gigantic cliff, and a mighty river
all make up the amazing spectacle of nature known as Niagara Falls.
Learn all about the history, power and magic of this wondrous place,
and discover why millions of people from all over the world continue to
visit each year.
LOVE IN TRANSLATION
From the author of Midori by Moonlight comes a tale that will warm the hearts of anyone who’s ever dreamt of finding love and family in an unexpected place...
Stuck.
That’s how 33-year-old aspiring singer Celeste Duncan feels, with her
deadbeat boyfriend and static career. But then Celeste receives a
puzzling phone call and a box full of mysterious family heirlooms,
which just might be the first real clue to the identity of the father
she never knew. Impulsively, Celeste flies to Japan to search for a
long-lost relative who could be able to explain. She stumbles head
first into a weird, wonderful world where nothing is quite as it
seems—a land with an inexplicable fascination with foreigners, karaoke
boxes, and unbearably perky TV stars. With little knowledge of
Japanese, Celeste finds a friend in her English-speaking homestay
brother, Takuya, and comes to depend on him for all variety of
translation, travel and investigatory needs. As they cross the country
following a trail after Celeste's family, she discovers she's
developing "more-than-sisterly" feelings for him. But with a nosy
homestay mom scheming to reunite Takuya with his old girlfriend, and
her search growing dimmer, Celeste begins to wonder whether she's made
a terrible mistake in coming to Japan. Can Celeste find her true self
in this strange land, and discover that love can transcend culture?
* * *
A comic, cross-cultural novel in
which fresh-from-Japan Midori Saito finds herself lost in
translation in San Francisco
as she searches for her American Dream
and the perfect dessert.
MIDORI BY MOONLIGHT
– A Novel by Wendy Nelson Tokunaga
>> Read an Excerpt Now!<<
St. Martin’s Press
Available September 2007
ISBN: 0312372612
Midori Saito's dream
seems about to come true. Too independent for Japanese
society, Midori is a young woman who has always felt like a
stranger in her native land. So when she falls in love with Kevin,
an American English teacher, she readily agrees to leave home and start
a new life with him in San
Francisco—as his fiancée. Kevin seems to be
the perfect man. That is, until he dumps her for his blond
ex-fiancée, whom Midori never even knew existed. With just a
smattering of fractured English, not much cash, and a fiancée visa set
to expire in 60 days, Midori realizes she’s in for quite a struggle.
Unable to face the humiliation of telling her parents she's been
jilted, she decides to go it alone, surprising even herself as she
proves she will do almost anything to hang on to her “American Dream.”
Praise for Midori by Moonlight
“Tokunaga
depicts Midori's determination to create her own version of the
American dream with exuberance [in this] delectably frothy debut.”
—Publishers’ Weekly
“[Midori by Moonlight]
draws upon vivid imagery when defining traits of Japanese culture and
really hits the nail on the head when depicting some American attitudes
toward others.... witty and charming."
—Charleston
Gazette
“Midori is endearing, feisty, and funny:
the novel is a delight.” – Ellen Sussman, editor of Bad
Girls and author of On a Night Like This.
Best selling author Cara Lockwood (Dixieland Sushi) says, “Midori by Moonlight
is part wasabi, part ginger, and as scrumptious as a California
roll. You’ll devour this book in a day!”
Author Lauren Baratz-Logsted (Vertigo)
says, “A delightful fusion of East meeting West, as if Banana Yoshimoto
and Meg Cabot got together to create a romantic comedy.”
From Margo Candela, author of Life
Over Easy: “Shedding light on Japanese culture and modern dating,
relating, and living woes, Tokunaga blends both with an insider’s eye
for nuance and a real love for her characters. Delightfully sweet, just
like Midori.”
* * *
Winner in Writer’s Digest’s 2002 Best Self-Published Book
Awards in the Mainstream/Literary Fiction Category
Available from Amazon.COM
and most other online book retailers.
What happens when
everyone around you is blissfully popping babies like so many rabbits,
your mother wants a grandchild more than anything else in the world,
but you're just not interested? Meet Audrey Mills, a 35-year-old
Silicon Valley techie who has a loving live-in boyfriend, a decent job,
and a passion for old movies, but who suffers from a sort of divine
discontent. Something's missing in Audrey's life — one she has spent
trying to please her former Hollywood actress mother, her competitive
sister and everyone else but herself — and she's determined to find out
what it is NOW. Enter Tyrone Power look-alike, Aldo. He's not only
handsome, he's smart, fun, and most of all, devastatingly sexy. Should
Audrey risk giving up the security and love she already has for this
charmer who seems too good to be true? Audrey starts to realize that
life isn't a dress rehearsal and you sure can't call "cut" the way you
do in the movies. Will she be able to write her own happy ending?
“A great read!” -
Krista Appel, Sidekick
"An entertaining book
[that] kept my interest and imagination working throughout the entire
book." - Dovie Jacoby - Romance Central
“A superbly written
novel that many women, men, and families can relate to.” – Jennifer L.
B. Leese, It’s Only Ink
"Smart, witty and
thoroughly modern...[with] an interesting plot and wonderful character
development." Astrid Kinn - Romance
“The
conversational tone imparts to readers the sense of listening while a
troubled friend unfolds layers of a story composed of decades of
interwoven influences.” – Seattle Press
* * *
Famous
People - Christina Aguilera (Famous People)
Having
sold over 23 million records;
Christina Aguilera is one of the top female vocalists in the pop music
world today. This book follows her life from the little girl who
pursued her dream to a young woman who became a teen superstar, and who
is determined to keep growing as a musical artist.
* * *
Wonders
of the World - Niagara Falls (Wonders of the World)
Thunderous
waterfalls, swirling whirlpools, a gigantic cliff, and a mighty river
all make up the amazing spectacle of nature known as Niagara Falls.
Learn all about the history, power and magic of this wondrous place,
and discover why millions of people from all over the world continue to
visit each year.
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