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Shizuko's Daughter Mass market paperback - 1994
by Mori, Kyoko
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- Paperback
"A jewel of a book . . . a work of art" (The New York Times Book Review). A young Japanese girl must deal with the suicide of her mother--and the hostility of her father and stepmother. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. A Publishers Weekly Editor's Choice Best Book of 1993.
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- Title Shizuko's Daughter
- Author Mori, Kyoko
- Binding Mass-market paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Condition Used - Very good. has some shelfwear
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Fawcett Books, U.S.A.
- Date 1994
- Bookseller's Inventory # Alibris_0021016
- ISBN 9780449704332 / 0449704335
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.6 in (17.27 x 10.41 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 14 to 17 years
- Grade levels 9 - 12
- Reading level 820
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Mothers and daughters, Japan
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92026956
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the jacket flap
"Lyrical...A beautifully written book about a bitterly painful coming of age."
THE KIRKUS REVIEWS
Yuki Okuda knows her mother would be proud of her grades and her achievements in sports if she were alive. But she committed suicide. And Yuki has to learn how to live with a father who doesn't seem to love her and a stepmother who treats her badly. Most important, she has to learn how to live with herself: a twelve-year-old Japanese girl growing up alone, trying to make sense of a tragedy that makes no sense at all....
THE KIRKUS REVIEWS
Yuki Okuda knows her mother would be proud of her grades and her achievements in sports if she were alive. But she committed suicide. And Yuki has to learn how to live with a father who doesn't seem to love her and a stepmother who treats her badly. Most important, she has to learn how to live with herself: a twelve-year-old Japanese girl growing up alone, trying to make sense of a tragedy that makes no sense at all....