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Turning Japanese is an illustrated memoir that chronicles MariNaomi's experiences working in illegal hostess bars in San Jose and Tokyo while attempting to connect with a culture that had eluded her since childhood.
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Love the language aspect. Trip to Japan was cool. I felt connected as I live in CA. It's a good balance of their* experience as a hostess and the other aspects of this period of their life.
*Mari at the time this was created didn't use they/them pronouns, but now they do, so I've gone back and corrected it. I also had this on my lbgt+ shelf as it's my understanding that Mari is queer and this autobiographical. However, Mari doesn't discuss queer topics in volume. So, I took it off that shelf.