How to Be an American Housewife (Basic)

An Indie Next List Notable, A Featured Alternate Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, Doubleday Book Club and Literary Guild -- Shoko and Sue are as different as sushi and hot dogs. Shoko is proper and Japanese; Sue is casual and American. They can't communicate, and neither really understands what makes the other happy -- or unhappy. Perhaps the only thing the two women have in common is that they are mother and daughter. This warmly humorous, insightful novel is about that powerful bond that seems to cause as much trouble as comfort.