Midori by Moonlight

Wendy Nelson Tokunaga

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Midori Saito's dream seems about to come true. Too independent for Japanese society, Midori is a young woman who has always felt like a stranger in her native land. So when she falls in love with Kevin, an American English teacher, she readily agrees to leave home and start a new life with him in San Francisco--as his
fiancée. Kevin seems to be the perfect man. That is, until he dumps her for his blonde ex-fiancée, whom Midori never even knew existed. Midori is left on her own, with just a smattering of fractured English, not much cash, and a fiancée visa set to expire in sixty days. Unable to face the humiliation of telling her parents she's been jilted, and not wanting to give up on her "American Dream," Midori realizes she's in for quite a challenge. Her only hope is her new acquaintance (and potential landlord) Shinji, a successful San Francisco graphic artist and amateur moon gazer who fled Japan after a family tragedy. And eventually, Midori surprises even herself as she proves she will do almost anything to hang on to her dream of a new life.

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Midori by Moonlight
1MIDORI SAITO RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING WARNING FROM HER MOTHER right before she left Japan: "Running off with a foreigner will bring you nothing but trouble," she said. "You'll end up just like poor Emiko-chan on Longing to Hug."It's insulting enough to be compared to a hapless, naive soap opera character, but it's a far greater insult to discover that your mother's prediction couldn't have been more correct.Now, a little more than a week since her mother's admonishment, the morning sun casts a pleasing light through the curtains.

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“Midori By Moonlight is part wasabi, part ginger, and as scrumptious as a California roll. You'll devour this book in a day!”
–Cara Lockwood, bestselling author of Dixieland Sushi 
 
“A delightful fusion of East meeting West, as if Banana Yoshimoto and Meg Cabot got together to create a romantic comedy.” –Lauren Baratz-Logsted, author of Vertigo

“Midori is endearing, feisty, and funny: the novel is a delight.” –Ellen Sussman, editor of Bad Girls and author of On a Night Like This.

“Shedding light on Japanese culture and modern dating, relating, and living woes, Tokunaga blends both with an insider’s eye for nuance and a real love for her characters. Delightfully sweet, just like Midori.” –Margo Candela, author of Life Over Easy:

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Wendy Nelson Tokunaga

WENDY NELSON TOKUNAGA’s short stories have appeared in The Abiko Literary Quarterly Review, The Plaza, The Timberlake Review, and Yomimono, among others. She lives in San Francisco with her Japanese-born surfer-dude husband Manabu Tokunaga.

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Midori by Moonlight
Wendy Nelson Tokunaga

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St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Griffin
September 2007
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ISBN: 9780312372613
ISBN10: 0312372612
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 256 pages
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