Published: Feb. 19, 2011
Words: 35,301 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458004260

Description

"As I purchased my shinkansen (bullet train) ticket, I used a combination of English, Japanese and mime to ask the clerk, 'Doesn't this song drive you nuts?!'" One week after graduating from law school, Deborah Bryan ditched studying for the Bar exam in favor of teaching English in Japan. In her group letters back home, collected here, she captures her utter lack of regret for having done so.

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japan, esl, letters, teaching english, eikaiwa, okayama, yamaguchi

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Review by: Angelyne Morrison on May 10, 2011 :
Is the best book of its' type I've read since "East of the Border, West of the Sun, made even better by my acquaintance with the author.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Wai Meng Yap on April 01, 2011 :
I thought the book would provide new insights on the lives of Japanese. Well, its actually a book about the experience of an outsider in Japan. While it illuminates some ideas about the Japanese society, the style of writing itself is not really gripping. I am not an author, but I could imagine this to be written in a more exciting and personal manner to reflect some of the broader patterns discerned/gleamed of the Japanese society.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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