# The Secrets of Mariko

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- Book: [The Secrets of Mariko](https://www.bookquiver.com/elisabeth-bumiller/the-secrets-of-mariko) ([The Secrets of Mariko.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/elisabeth-bumiller/the-secrets-of-mariko.md))
- Authors: [Elisabeth Bumiller](https://www.bookquiver.com/elisabeth-bumiller)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7977-262-0
- Pages: 368
- Published: 1996-10-29
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

As it follows a Japanese housewife named Mariko Tanaka over the course of a year, The Secrets of Mariko transcends reportage to yield the kind of human insights we expect from literature. Meet Mariko,...