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Summary: West meets West
Review: This is story not only touches on how Westerners use silverware not chopsticks, but also on how even Britains eat differently from Americans with the same silverware. This is a perfect social studies book for teachers in elementary school.
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Summary: THE TABLE OF BROTHERHOOD OR THE FAMILY TABLE
Review: This story is narrated by a bright little girl who describes how her parents met and adapted to one another's cultures. A bright, beautiful child, the girl is blond like her American father and has beautiful Asian features she inherited from her Japanese mother. She tells the story of how they came to sit at the family table.An American sailor meets a woman in Japan and is instantly smitten. Their attraction is mutual; however each worries about being able to adapt to the other's culture. The sailor learns to eat with chopsticks and the woman in turn learns to eat with a knife, fork and spoon. She approaches her grandfather, a kind, scholarly man who teaches her the British way of handling western utensils. Still she worries because her finace is American. They meet again; their transcultural love shows they really have more common grounds than differences. Each is moved by the other's willingness to learn the other's culture and the results are heartwarming indeed. Their daughter joins them and all readers at the Table of Brotherhood which once again proves that people really have more in common than they do differences. This is such a wonderful book. I love it! I think it belongs in all homes and classrooms because it is an excellent example of cultural harmony and pride.
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Summary: Literary and culinary masterpeice...
Review: We thoroughly enjoyed this captivating tale of 2 young people over coming obstacles and finding true love. Honestly we couldn't put down this compelling page turner. Were we the only ones that were scared that John and Aiko wouldn't be together in the end? Thank you Ina Friedman for showing us that a good book can still be written.
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Summary: Literary and culinary masterpeice...
Review: We thoroughly enjoyed this captivating tale of 2 young people over coming obstacles and finding true love. Honestly we couldn't put down this compelling page turner. Were we the only ones that were scared that John and Aiko wouldn't be together in the end? Thank you Ina Friedman for showing us that a good book can still be written.
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