Margot Livesey Quotes

In How To Be An American Housewife Margaret Dilloway Creates An Irresistible Heroine. Shoko Is Stubborn, Contrary, Proud, A Wonderful Housewife And Full Of Deeply Conflicted Feelings. I Wanted To Shake Her, Even As I Was Cheering Her On, And This Cunningly Structured Novel Allowed Me To Do Both. It Also Took Me On Two Intricate Journeys, From Post-war Japan And The Shadow Of Nagasaki To Contemporary California, And From Motherhood To Daughterhood And Back Again. A Profound And Suspenseful Debut.

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