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Tea with milk

Tea with milk

Contemporary LiteratureWomen's Fiction
Pages
32
Published
1999
Language
English

Synopsis

A young Japanese woman, raised near San Francisco, returns to her parents' native Japan. She finds herself feeling foreign and out of place in her ancestral homeland. This story follows her journey as she navigates the challenges of adapting to a new culture and finding her sense of belonging.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

NostalgicReflective
Coming of AgeDual Timeline

Genres

Contemporary Literature Women's Fiction Children's Books Juvenile

About the author

A
Allen Say

Allen Say (born James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii in 1937; surname written Seii (清井) in Japanese) is a Japanese-American writer and illustrator. He is best known for Grandfather's Journey, a children's picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again, which won the 1994 Caldecott Medal for illustration. This story is autobiographical and relates to Say's constant moving during his childhood. His work mainly focuses on Japanese and Japanese American...

Characters

May (the narrator's mother)Protagonist

A Japanese woman raised in California who, after graduating high school and falling for an American man, is forced by her parents to return home to Japan.

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