{"id":1373,"date":"2019-06-21T01:17:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T01:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1373"},"modified":"2019-06-21T01:17:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T01:17:23","slug":"my-year-of-meats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1373","title":{"rendered":"My Year of Meats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\nA cross-cultural tale of two women brought together by the intersections of television and industrial agriculture, fertility and motherhood, life and love\u2014the breakout hit by the celebrated author of A Tale for the Time Being<\/i><\/p>\n

Ruth Ozeki\u2019s mesmerizing debut novel has captivated readers and reviewers worldwide. When documentarian Jane Takagi-Little finally lands a job producing a Japanese television show that just happens to be sponsored by an American meat-exporting business, she uncovers some unsavory truths about love, fertility, and a dangerous hormone called DES. Soon she will also cross paths with Akiko Ueno, a beleaguered Japanese housewife struggling to escape her overbearing husband. <\/p>\n<\/i>

Hailed by USA Today as \u201crare and provocative\u201d and awarded the Kirayama Prize for Literature of the Pacific Rim, My Year of Meats is a modern-day take on Upton Sinclair\u2019s The Jungle for fans of Michael Pollan, Margaret Atwood, and Barbara Kingsolver. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Goodreads A cross-cultural tale of two women brought together by the intersections of television and industrial agriculture, fertility and motherhood, life and love\u2014the breakout hit by the celebrated author of A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki\u2019s mesmerizing debut novel has captivated readers and reviewers worldwide. 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