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In Politics: Sikhs Seethe Over a Snub by Clintons
Our hearts go out to the people of Bangladesh where the cyclone death toll continues to rise:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21862417/
Kudos to Verizon, who has delivered a sizable amount of grant money to AA community organizations.
JazzWeek Radio Charts, which monitor the most-played records in America, contain a history-making first for Filipinos. Vocalist Charmaine Clamor is ranked in the Top-5 on two charts simultaneously. Listen to the NPR interview.
Here's my list for you of AA related news and East West happenings.
Get more information on how you can get 5 free Bollywood downloads on iTunes
In Politics: Sikhs Seethe Over a Snub by Clintons
Our hearts go out to the people of Bangladesh where the cyclone death toll continues to rise:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21862417/
Kudos to Verizon, who has delivered a sizable amount of grant money to AA community organizations.
JazzWeek Radio Charts, which monitor the most-played records in America, contain a history-making first for Filipinos. Vocalist Charmaine Clamor is ranked in the Top-5 on two charts simultaneously. Listen to the NPR interview.
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Hi Anita,
Hello,
I thought you might be interested in MIDORI BY MOONLIGHT for a mention in East-West. It's a comic yet poignant cross-cultural novel, out now, that has a mouth-watering pastry theme running through it that makes many a reader either head to the kitchen to start baking or just make a beeline to the nearest cake shop.
What happens when a young woman, fresh from Japan and too independent for Japanese society, finds herself suddenly lost in translation in San Francisco as she searches for her American Dream and the perfect dessert?
Wendy Nelson Tokunaga answers this question and more in her poignant comic novel, MIDORI BY MOONLIGHT, where we meet thirty-year-old Midori Saito, whose dream seems about to come true. A strong independent streak has always made her feel like a stranger in a strange land in her native Japan, but now she’s embarking on a new life in San Francisco. She’s about to marry Kevin, the perfect American man—six feet tall, with curly hair the color of marmalade. Unlike a Japanese guy who’d demand she be a housewife, Kevin doesn’t mind if Midori follows her dream of becoming a master pastry chef. Her life is turning out as exquisitely as a Caramelized Apple Tart with Crème Fraiche, until Kevin dumps her at their engagement party in favor of his blonde, ex-fiancée, whom Midori never even knew existed.
Now Midori is not only on her own—with just a smattering of fractured English in her repertoire—she’s entered the U.S. on a fiancée visa that will expire in sixty days. Unable to face the humiliation of telling her parents she’s been dumped, and not wanting to give up on her American dream, Midori realizes she’s “up the creek without a saddle.” Her only hope is new acquaintance Shinji, 30, who long ago escaped Japan after a family tragedy, is a successful San Francisco graphic artist and amateur moon gazer, and who lets her share his apartment as a platonic roommate.
Soon Midori finds herself working at an under-the-table hostess job at an unsavory Japanese karaoke bar, making (and eating) way too many desserts, meeting a charming and handsome chef with his own restaurant who may be too good to be true, and trying to uncover the secret behind a mysterious bar hostess who looks strangely familiar. But Midori’s willing to endure almost anything to hang on to her American dream, and she just might find that the love she’s been searching for far and wide is a whole lot closer than she thinks.
MIDORI BY MOONLIGHT is available at your favorite bookstore or online at Amazon, BarnesandNoble.com, etc. It is also available in Japan. You can get more info and read an excerpt at:
www.WendyNelsonTokunaga.com
Midori By Moonlight – Debut Novel by Wendy Nelson Tokunaga
Published by St. Martin’s Griffin – Available Now
ISBN: 0312372612
Trade Paperback - $13.95
“Tokunaga depicts Midori's determination to create her own version of the American dream with exuberance [in this] delectably frothy debut.” – Publisher’s 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
“[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
“A delightful fusion of East meeting West, as if Banana Yoshimoto and Meg Cabot got together to create a romantic comedy.” - Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Vertigo
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