Getting Genki In Japan by Karen Pond
The unexpected gift of a favored bottle of shiraz from her husband leads to the adventure of a lifetime for Karen Pond and her family--moving from rural Maine to the largest city in the world: Tokyo, Japan. Getting Genki in Japan is a collection of illustrated travel and culture essays and musings of a Down East Mom's absurd and exhilarating adventures in the Far East. From bewildered and befuddled (and back again) to (somewhat) wise, these narratives recount a journey of cultural discoveries, experiences and the follies of a newcomer to Japan; including (mis)identifying food, (mis)pronouncing Japanese, (mis)pantomiming for necessities, and finally figuring out how to flush the Japanese toilet!
"There's no funny writer I know who can poke fun at her life in Japan better than this authorIf Rudyard Kipling said, "East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet," Karen has definitely cracked the code to finally getting the two to laugh together!" --Joy Saison, Tokyo Families magazine
"This is a funny book. I would get this book for the funny chapters." --City Book Review
"This is a funny book. I would get this book for the funny chapters." --City Book Review
Karen Pond worked as a catalog copywriter for LL Bean before moving to Tokyo with her family, where she chronicled her culture shock with essays that appeared in iNTOUCH Magazine, Tokyo Families Magazine, and Being A Broad Magazine. Karen still lives in Tokyo, Japan, with her husband, three sons, and their border collie Fergus.
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| ISBN 13 | 9784805311769 |
| ISBN 10 | 4805311762 |
| Title | Getting Genki In Japan |
| Author | Karen Pond |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Tuttle Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-05-10 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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