This hardback book was kindly mailed to me by alphaorder of LibraryThing.

I found this to be a beautiful and moving, but deeply sad, book. In it, the author compares the two cultures in which she has lived. She was born in Japan and lived there as a child. At age 12, her mother committed suicide in reaction to a husband, the author's father, who had a mistress. Following her mother's death, her dad married his mistress, both of whom were abusive to the author as a teenager. At age 20, the author left for the United States and made Green Bay, Wisconsin, her permanent home. When her father died, years later, she traveled back to Japan to visit family and friends. Then returning to the United States, she felt as if she would never again return to Japan.

That is only the back story. The author talks about various differences between Japanese and American cultures. Her reflections about both cultures are more negative toward the Japanese culture. I believe all of this is colored by her sad childhood in Japan. She realizes this and explains this in detail.

The title of this book, Polite Lies, alludes to the situation, mostly of Japanese women, who have to be polite at all costs and never embarrass themselves or their family. This often entails a certain dishonesty to oneself and others.

I'm releasing this book for...

***The 2020 E-Less Release Challenge hosted by. motherof11.

-----------------------------

Enjoy the book!

I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to release elsewhere.

I'm releasing this book to SqnutZips who requested it at the 2020 BCinDC annual holiday party First Line Game held on Zoom this year. Enjoy the book...whenever it reaches you. Ha!

The first line of this book is...

When my third grade teacher told us that the universe was infinite and endless, I wrote down her words in my notebook, but I didn't believe her.

----------------------------------

I'm releasing this book for...

***The 2020 What's in a Name Release Challenge hosted by DragonGoddess. The title of this book contains the names LI (x2), ON, OMA and AN.

-----------------------------

Hello and welcome to BookCrossing ... where we make the whole world a library!

Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!

I'd love if you'd enter a note here on BookCrossing about this book -- where you found it, how you like it, and/or where you release it. If you join BookCrossing (free and fun), kindly list me, SqueakyChu. or any other journaler on this thread as your referring person. Thank you so much.

Enjoy the book!

Picked this book during the BCinDC 1st Line Holiday Dec. 2020 game we had on Zoom due to CV19 epidemic. Due to the pandemic a socially distanced pickup and drop off of books was conducted with the help of fellow BC'er and friend "6of8". Thanks for the book Squeaky.

To the person who finds this book.....
Keep it or release it, read it or not, but please make a journal entry to let me know it's been found. Keep it, pass it on to a friend or release it into the wild.... let the journey continue.....

If you are new to BookCrossing, welcome! You can remain anonymous or join BookCrossing, it's free, spam free and advertisement free and loads of fun.

By joining BookCrossing you can keep track of where the book has been and where it's going.