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Ellen Librarian
Apr 17, 2011 rated it liked it
This fun, interesting and unusual novel was almost great. It's got to be one of the most original stories ever: A Japanese-American documentarian gets a job producing a Japanese reality television series sponsored by an American beef trade group. Though the show visits a different American household each week and showcases its American, meat-filled meals, the real purpose is to entice Japanese housewives into buying and serving American meat. In the course of producing the series, the protagonis ...more
Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
Nov 18, 2012 rated it liked it
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Troubling story of American wife.
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