Turning Japanese
The Devil Wears Prada meets Lost in Translation in this irresistible new novel from L. A. Woman author Cathy Yardley
Meet Lisa Falloya, an aspiring half-Japanese, half-Italian American manga artist who follows her bliss by moving to Tokyo to draw the Japanese-style comics she's been reading for years. Leaving behind the comforts of a humdrum desk job and her workaholic fiancée, Lisa has everything planned---right down to a room with a nice Japanese family---but hasn't taken into account that being half-Asian and enthusiastic isn't going to cut it. Faced with an exacting boss and a conniving "big fish" manga author, Lisa risks her wedding, her friends, and her fears for a shot at making it big.
310 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2009 by Thomas Dunne Books · ISBN 9780312378806
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- Turning Japanese · Thomas Dunne Books · 2009 · ISBN 9780312378806 This page
- Turning Japanese · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 2009 · ISBN 9781429953443
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