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Inheritance from Mother
Inheritance from Mother | Minae Mizumura
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Award-winning novelist Minae Mizumura demystifies the notion of the selfless Japanese mother and the adult daughter honor-bound to care for her. Mitsuki Katsura, a Japanese woman in her mid-fifties, is a French-language instructor at a private university in Tokyo. Her husband, whom she met in Paris, is a professor at another private university. He is having an affair with a much younger woman. In addition to her husbands infidelity, Mitsuki must deal with her ailing eighty-something mother, a demanding, self-absorbed woman who is far from the image of the patient, self-sacrificing Japanese matriarch. Mitsuki finds herself dreaming of the day when her mother will finally pass on. While doing everything she can to ensure her mothers happiness, she grows weary of the responsibilities of a doting daughter and worries she is sacrificing her chance to find fulfillment in her middle age. Inheritance from Mother not only offers insight into a complex and paradoxical culture, but is also a profound work about mothers and daughters, marriage, old age, and the resilience of women.
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fengjie
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Lending this out today! The age-old conflict between independent kids and problematic parents lies at the heart of this book, but while it is only resolved through death, the characters behave sensibly for the most part and sacrifices are acknowledged. This makes Inheritance far more relatable than most Western "troubled middle-class family" novels, and the author's candour when it comes to difficult family relationships has been most cathartic.

batsy Excellent, I've had my eye on this and your review has convinced me! (also, hello :) 7y
fengjie @batsy I also highly recommend The Fall of Language In The Age of English by the same author if you haven't read it already! And haiiiii!!!! 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼 7y
batsy @fengjie I have not! I want to read all of her books, gaaah no time, so many books 😵 7y
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Cydster61
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I went a little scooters at the bookshop yesterday. I also may need a 12 step program for my free bookmark problem. #readdiversebooks

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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#womenintranslation (Japanese) #aprilbookshowers. From Netgalley/Other Press I'm also going to use this one for #Litsyreadingchallenge for translated book.

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mhillis
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Highlights from this week! My request for Minae Mizumura's new book was approved by Net Galley!

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