The Japanese Lover

Praise for THE RICE MOTHER:'It would be difficult not to be seduced by the evocation of setting, family life, clothes, food and the intriguing mixture of myth, religion and superstition ... there is a freedom and freshness in the manner in which the author explores the interior life of her characters whose idiosyncrasies and many failings are sympathetically and sometimes humorously observed ... It possesses a genuine intimacy and passionate involvement.' -- Elizabeth Buchan, Times 'THE RICE MOTHER is an absorbing, cross-generational read... brimming over with colourful imagery, mythology and unfeeling men ... Emotionally satisfying, complex books like this are hard to find.' -- Heat