Basic: How to Be an American Housewife (Hardcover)

from pdebolt

This is a very engaging debut novel that incorporates passages from a booklet entitled "How To Be An American Housewife" written for Japanese war brides. Shoko's life in Japan until she married Charlie, an American serviceman, was impoverished when her father renounced the law as his lucrative pr...

from frisbeesage

How to be an American Housewife is the story of Shoko, a beautiful, young japanese woman who marries and american soldier to try in hopes that it will improve her life. Years latter she is living in America with her husband and two children, reliving the events that lead up to her escape from Jap...

from Rachissy

I really enjoyed this book. It was easy to read and the language of the book made me feel as if I was there. I adored the relationship between Sue and her mother Shoko. Except for the accent, Shoko sounded just like my own mother. I swear I've heard the same type of comments or advice from my mom...

from nancynova

Told in 2 parts - first 1/2 narrated by Shoko, a Japanese woman who marries an American GI at the end of WWII and emigrates to America, part II is narrated by her daughter, Sue, who gives in to Shoko's please to travel to Japan to reconcile with the family. You learn about Shoko's family and Amer...

from lauriebrown54

This book, Dilloway's first, tells the story of both Shoko, a Japanese war bride, and her daughter Suiko, called Sue. The novel moves back and forth in time and between Shoko and Sue's points of view. It's a story of love, guilt, shame, prejudice and family. We are introduced to Shoko as she wait...