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02135aam a2200421 i 4500 001 E439AD5A25FF11E5A8ED48CEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 150205s2015 nyu 000 0aeng 010 $a 2014039143 020 $a 0399166203 (hbk.) 020 $a 9780399166204 (hbk.) : 035 $a (OCoLC)893895159 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d IG# $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d WIM $d GK8 $d BKL $d OCLCO $d SILO 050 00 $a HQ1075.5.J3 $b S53 2015 082 00 $a 305.30952 $2 23 084 $a BIO000000 $a BIO022000 $a BIO000000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Slater, Tracy. 245 14 $a The good shufu : $b finding love, self, and home on the far side of the world / $c Tracy Slater. 264 1 $a New York : $b G.P. Putnam's Sons, $c [2015] 300 $a 323 pages ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a "In this memoir of travel and love, a fiercely independent American woman finds everything she ever wanted in the most unexpected place. Shufu. In Japanese it means "housewife," and it's the last thing Tracy Slater ever thought she'd call herself. A writer and academic, Tracy had carefully constructed a life she loved in her beloved hometown of Boston. But everything was upended when she fell head over heels for the most unlikely mate: a Japanese salaryman based in Osaka who barely spoke her language. Deciding to give fate a chance, Tracy built a life in Japan filled with contradictions and dissonance, but also strange moments of enlightenment and joy"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Slater, Tracy. 650 0 $a Sex role $z Japan. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $z Japan. 650 0 $a Women $z Japan $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Marriage $z Japan. 650 0 $a Housewives $z Japan $v Biography. 650 0 $a Married people $z Japan $v Biography. 650 0 $a Japan $x Social life and customs. 650 0 $a Autobiography. 941 $a 4 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012014623.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110062751.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717030402.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150926033319.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E439AD5A25FF11E5A8ED48CEDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search