Kokoro (true Heart)

Kokoro (true Heart)
ISBN-10
0822225042
ISBN-13
9780822225041
Category
Female infanticide
Pages
60
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Author
Velina Hasu Houston

Description

THE STORY: Yasako, a young Japanese mother, struggles to adapt to the very foreign culture of the United States. Feeling hopeless after discovering her husband's infidelity, Yasako feels that oyako shinju, or parent-child suicide, is her onl

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