Several weeks ago I played bed and breakfast host to a young man who was in town for our youngest pastor's ordination. It turned out he works for the publisher Harper Collins and promotes new books. As a thank you, when he learned that I really love to read, he said he would send me advanced reader editions of books that he thought I might enjoy. I received the first one earlier this week and it turned out to be very good. It is the first novel by author Emily Itami, called "Fault Lines" and I recommend it whenever it's on the market or, better yet, in the library. Or you can borrow my copy. It's the story of a young Japanese wife and mother and takes place in Tokyo. It was interesting to read her place descriptions after having just seen some city shots while I watched the Olympics. I enjoyed the story and really appreciated getting a sense of what life is like for not filthy rich but reasonably well off citizens of Tokyo. It turns out that raising preschoolers, feeling overworked, and wondering if you've made the right life decisions is pretty much the same world wide.
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