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Becoming mama-san: 80 years of wisdom
| Title | Becoming mama-san: 80 years of wisdom |
| Names | Gruenewald, Mary Matsuda. |
| Book Number | DBC19272 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Books |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Seattle. 2022. Published by the author at age 88, Gruenewald's third book is the distillation of a lifetime of wisdom captured into 10 chapters, each a story from her life imparting a specific life lesson to the reader. Gruenewald draws on her upbringing during the Great Depression, experiences in a Japanese-American internment camp, interracial marriage, and divorce to impart her hard-earned wisdom in the esteemed role of elder. Unrated. |
| General Notes | Available from BARD courtesy of the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library. |
| Local Notes | In this book, 86-year-old author Mary Matsuda Gruenewald has distilled her lifetime of wisdom into ten stories, each one conveying an essential life lesson. Each chapter is a story from the author's life and how she learned the specific life lesson connected to each story. Mary lived through the Great Depression as a young child, imprisonment in a Japanese-American internment camp as a young adult, the cultural taboos of an interracial marriage, reverse racism, and divorce. In her later years, she learned the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation on a personal level as well. |
| Narrator | Nelson, Linda |
| Length | 4 hours, 14 minutes |
| Local Subject | Adult book - AD |
| Biography - BI | |
| Memoirs and autobiography - BI7 | |
| Northwest - NW | |
| Northwest author - NW7 | |
| Northwest biography - NW9 | |
| Northwest nonfiction - NW2 | |
| Produced at WTBBL - PAW | |
| LC Subject | Conduct of life |
| Nonfiction |
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| Autobiographies |
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| Audience Notes | A NLS/BPH |
| Call Number | 170.44 ANF |
| Language | English |
| Contents | Becoming mama-san -- The privilege of a simple life -- How much is enough? -- The doorway of boredom -- Do what needs to be done with gratitude -- The pathway to forgiveness -- Reconciling differences -- Embracing the self: Japan -- The importance of community -- A good death is part of a good life -- Leaving a legacy. |
| Released | 2013 |
| Publication Info | Seattle : NewSage Press 2013 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: Troutdale, Oregon : NewSage Press, [2013] |
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