Saturday, September 27, 2008

Midori by Moonlight by Wendy Nelson Tokunaga




MIDORI BY MOONLIGHT
by Wendy Nelson Tokunaga

Commercial Fiction
St. Martin's Press - September 2007
www.WendyTokunaga.com

2 Signed Copies will be given away on Friday, Oct. 2nd!





Synopsis:

Midori Saito's dream seems about to come true. Too independent for Japanese society, Midori is a young woman who has always felt like a stranger in her native land. So when she falls in love with Kevin, an American English teacher, she readily agrees to leave home and start a new life with him in San Francisco—as his fiancée. Kevin seems to be the perfect man. That is, until he dumps her for his blond ex-fiancée, whom Midori never even knew existed. With just a smattering of fractured English, not much cash, and a fiancée visa set to expire in 60 days, Midori realizes she’s in for quite a struggle. Unable to face the humiliation of telling her parents she's been jilted, she decides to go it alone, surprising even herself as she proves she will do almost anything to hang on to her “American Dream.”

About the Author:

Wendy Nelson Tokunaga's short stories have appeared in The Abiko Literary Quarterly Review, The Plaza, and Yomimono, among others. She lives in San Francisco with her Japanese-born surfer-dude husband.

Visit Wendy's website, www.WendyTokunaga.com for more information and to read an excerpt from the book.

2 comments:

Carmen said...

Hello again!!
I'm really excited about Free Book Friday, and Midori by Moonlight sounds like a really cool book. :) I've never heard of it before, but I'm liking what I see so far.
Currently, I'm using my laptop, sans mouse, so I accidentally pressed enter before I added my email (to sign up for the contest). I only had the first half, but here's the rest of the information:

Name: Carmen Chen
Email: forever_@live.ca

Again, thanks so much for hosting Free Book Fridays, and for having so many cool contests. :D

Jessica Brody said...

Got it Carmen! Thanks!