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Midora Saito's dream seems about to come true. Too independent for Japanese society, she 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 fiancee. Kevin seems to be the perfect man. That is, until he dumps her for his blonde ex-fiancee, whom Midori never even knew existed. Midora is left on her own, with just a smattering of fractured English, not much cash, and a visa set to expire in sixty days. Unable to face the humiliation of telling her parents she's been jilted, and not wanting to give up on her "American Dream," Midora realizes she's in for quite a challenge.Her only hope is her new acquaintance (and potential landlord) Shinji, a successful San Francisco graphic artist and amateur moon gazer who fled Japan after a family tragedy. And eventually, Midora surprises even herself as she proves she will do almost anything to hang on to her dream of a new life.
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""Midori By Moonlight" is part wasabi, part ginger, and as scrumptious as a California roll. You'll devour this book in a day!"
-Cara Lockwood, bestselling author of "Dixieland Sushi"
"A delightful fusion of East meeting West, as if Banana Yoshimoto and Meg Cabot got together to create a romantic comedy." -Lauren Baratz-Logsted"", ""author of ""Vertigo""
-Cara Lockwood, bestselling author of "Dixieland Sushi"
"A delightful fusion of East meeting West, as if Banana Yoshimoto and Meg Cabot got together to create a romantic comedy." -Lauren Baratz-Logsted"", ""author of ""Vertigo""
"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".
"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." -Margo Candela, author of "Life Over Easy"
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形式:ペーパーバック
いわゆる“外人かぶれ”な地方出身の女性が、アメリカでどうやって相手を見つけるかという話です。
こういうタイプの女性は、それこそ六本木や基地周辺、外資系企業や英語学校にたくさんいますが、知らない人が見たらそのあまりのすごさに驚くことでしょう。
この話の主人公のミドリは、確実にその中のひとりですが、あからさま下品な言動はありません。ただ、ひじょうに軽率である意味尻軽な女性です。
読んでいて不快にならないのは、彼女がとても素直で、他人を悪し様にするような人はなく、それなりにがんばっていく姿は真摯であるからだと思います。
ただ、いきなり破談になった婚約直後からすぐに別の男性を探し始めるミドリと、最終的にハッピーエンドを迎えるにあたり、その相手となる男性がどこでミドリを好きになったのかさっぱりわからないところで、物語としては深みに欠けます。
英語はわかりやすく、読んでいてそれなりに楽しいので、軽い気持ちで読むにはいいかもしれません。
著者は日本のこと、日本の女性のこともよく理解していると思います。
そのあたりで違和感なく読めました。
こういうタイプの女性は、それこそ六本木や基地周辺、外資系企業や英語学校にたくさんいますが、知らない人が見たらそのあまりのすごさに驚くことでしょう。
この話の主人公のミドリは、確実にその中のひとりですが、あからさま下品な言動はありません。ただ、ひじょうに軽率である意味尻軽な女性です。
読んでいて不快にならないのは、彼女がとても素直で、他人を悪し様にするような人はなく、それなりにがんばっていく姿は真摯であるからだと思います。
ただ、いきなり破談になった婚約直後からすぐに別の男性を探し始めるミドリと、最終的にハッピーエンドを迎えるにあたり、その相手となる男性がどこでミドリを好きになったのかさっぱりわからないところで、物語としては深みに欠けます。
英語はわかりやすく、読んでいてそれなりに楽しいので、軽い気持ちで読むにはいいかもしれません。
著者は日本のこと、日本の女性のこともよく理解していると思います。
そのあたりで違和感なく読めました。
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5つ星のうち 4.7
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5つ星のうち 4.0
Amazing Book, Very Cool Read
2009/9/20
By J. Woolston
- (Amazon.com)
形式:ペーパーバック
This book is a great tale for chick lit fans and general readers alike! Midori is a plucky heroine, trying to find herself in the USA after being jilted by her fiance. She has no green card, no money, and is afraid to tell her parents about the failed engagement. So..she must find a job (illegally), a home, and a life. Of course, her identity is most important as well. Loved everything about it!
Loved the text! Highly recommend it!
Loved the text! Highly recommend it!
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5つ星のうち 4.0
A Delightful Story
2007/10/1
By David Satre
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形式:ペーパーバック
A delightful story, humorous and chock full of delicious descriptions of Midori's pastries. It provides real insight to the tribulations of moving to a new culture and it's a quick read -- an ideal way to spend a weekend of reading.
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5つ星のうち 5.0
Delight by Moonlight
2009/9/9
By Patricia V. Davis (Volonakis)
- (Amazon.com)
形式:ペーパーバック
Though Midori by Moonlight was published in 2007, I only just discovered this book a few months ago, and I'm delighted that I did.
Midori by Moonlight is categorized as `chick-lit', which is a term "used to denote a genre of women's fiction written for and marketed primarily to single, working women in their 20's and 30's in the post-feminist era." And while it does fit those parameters, this extremely well-crafted novel is so much more, and can be enjoyed by so many other readers besides by those to whom `chick lit' is generally marketed.
The author, Wendy Nelson Tokunaga, (an American who has spent much time in Japan, and is married to the Japanese-born musician, Manabu Tokunaga) weaves many noteworthy aspects of both the Japanese culture and the American into the plot, such as the personal restrictions inherent in Japanese society, the American penchant for regarding foreign societies in general terms of either "wonderful and unique" or "backward", and a number of other aspects of both cultures that we would all do well to examine for their drawbacks. But she does all this with such a finesse and lack of moralizing, that readers might never become aware that this element of keen observation is subtly added to the straight-forward plot in the same way as one of the carefully chosen ingredients is flavored into the main character's delicious home-made cakes.
As I observed in my review of Sarah Addison Allen's Garden Spells, I wonder if it takes another writer to fully understand that the more simply-written and the more easily read a work appears to be, the more difficult it actually was to create. Midori by Moonlight also clearly fits into that category. All in all, great fun but very intelligent read.
Review by Patricia Volonakis Davis, author of Harlot's Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece
Midori by Moonlight is categorized as `chick-lit', which is a term "used to denote a genre of women's fiction written for and marketed primarily to single, working women in their 20's and 30's in the post-feminist era." And while it does fit those parameters, this extremely well-crafted novel is so much more, and can be enjoyed by so many other readers besides by those to whom `chick lit' is generally marketed.
The author, Wendy Nelson Tokunaga, (an American who has spent much time in Japan, and is married to the Japanese-born musician, Manabu Tokunaga) weaves many noteworthy aspects of both the Japanese culture and the American into the plot, such as the personal restrictions inherent in Japanese society, the American penchant for regarding foreign societies in general terms of either "wonderful and unique" or "backward", and a number of other aspects of both cultures that we would all do well to examine for their drawbacks. But she does all this with such a finesse and lack of moralizing, that readers might never become aware that this element of keen observation is subtly added to the straight-forward plot in the same way as one of the carefully chosen ingredients is flavored into the main character's delicious home-made cakes.
As I observed in my review of Sarah Addison Allen's Garden Spells, I wonder if it takes another writer to fully understand that the more simply-written and the more easily read a work appears to be, the more difficult it actually was to create. Midori by Moonlight also clearly fits into that category. All in all, great fun but very intelligent read.
Review by Patricia Volonakis Davis, author of Harlot's Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece
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