Sweet Daruma : a Japan satire

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Summary: Bold and Brilliant!
Review: Delicious! If you read just one book this year, read Sweet Daruma! The journey is delightfully shocking and juicy, as are the characters. Magda is a shiny Canadian girl musing and plotting her way through a perplexing yet addictive Asian way of life. Can you imagine a more clever and even funnier Bridget Jones busting out, growing up and taking on a hard core adventure in a hard core world?
I loved this book. It is witty, insightful and downright naughty.

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Summary: A Fantastic Debut by a Rising Canadian Star!
Review: Janice Valerie Young is a great writer from Toronto and her insight into both the Canadian and Japanese psyche is impressive. Sweet Daruma uncovers crazy, hilarious Japanese pop-culture, and it's a must-have book for anyone who is curious what life is really like in Japan in the 21st century. I highly recommend it! An over-the-top, reality-comedy!

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Summary: wonderful
Review: This book has everything: goofy Japan, offbeat characters and situations (just like REAL life), introspection, pathos, suspense, thrills and romance. And so darned funny. I was eating oatmeal while reading the "Sento" chapter, and I exploded and almost choked when I got to the "long dark green bath...." I spent the next 3 minutes convulsed in laughter, vainly trying to clean up the oatmeal. And the surprise ending was.....what's the right expression?....oh yes, a real gas!

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Summary: Japan, like you've never seen it!
Review: Wow, this book truly uncovers all the crazy, hilarious Japanese pop-culture! Sweet Daruma is a must-have book for anyone who is curious what life is really like in Japan, in the 21st century. I highly recommend it! An over-the-top, reality-comedy, much more entertaining than Lost in Translation!