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The Samurai's Daughter

The Samurai's Daughter

The Samurai's Daughter
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The Samurai's Daughter

by Massey, Sujata

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ISBN 10
0066212901
ISBN 13
9780066212906
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New York: HarperCollins, 2003. 1st. Ed.with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine, slight spine lean, in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "All California-born Rei Shimura really wants is to lead her quiet life in Tokyo as an antiques dealer while learning more about her Japanese relatives...On her way home from Washington, D.C., Rei stops in San Francisco to spend Christmas with her parents and do some research on Japanese decorative objects, including some belonging to her family. Her Scottish boyfriend, lawyer Hugh Glendinning, is involved in a reparation case for victims who were used as slave labor by corporations during WWII. Holiday festivities take on an edge when the woman Hugh is in town to question is murdered, Rei uncovers some potentially disturbing information about her own family's role in the war and a young Japanese medical student boarding with the family disappears. All trails seem to lead to Tokyo, where Rei returns to her beloved apartment and her relatives hoping for resolution. She and Hugh, however, soon find themselves embroiled in some very nasty business leading to her deportation back to San Francisco. Massey poses some deeply resonating questions about guilt and responsibility, while Rei faces some universal truths about families, loyalty and dealing with the past no matter how unpleasant it may be." --PW. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

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On Jan 16 2014, a reader said:
This book has an American half-Japanese heroine, Rei Shimura, who is a Japanese antiques dealer now living in Tokyo. Her boyfriend and eventually fiancé, is a Scottish practioner of international law named Hugh Glendinning. Hugh is involved in a class action lawsuit attempting to get reparations for people forced to engage in slave labor for Japanese companies during World War II, in which Rei naturally becomes very involved.



When two of Hugh’s clients are attacked, and one subsequently dies, Rei begins to try to figure out what is going on. Before she finds out, she is almost killed herself. A complicated story, but giving us fascinating details of present day life in Japan and the different political feelings still alive there, and of the daily life of a culturally mixed family in the US.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
015007
Title
The Samurai's Daughter
Author
Massey, Sujata
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
0066212901
ISBN 13
9780066212906
Publisher
HarperCollins
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2003
Keywords
FICTION, San Francisco. Woman Detective, Antiques Dealer,
Bookseller catalogs
CALIFORNIA; Thriller; SAN FRANCISCO; ANTIQUES; Suspense;

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