# How to Be an American Housewife

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- Book: [How to Be an American Housewife](https://www.bookquiver.com/margaret-dilloway/how-to-be-an-american-housewife) ([How to Be an American Housewife.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/margaret-dilloway/how-to-be-an-american-housewife.md))
- Authors: [Margaret Dilloway](https://www.bookquiver.com/margaret-dilloway)
- Publisher: Berkley
- ISBN: 978-04-2524-129-5
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2011-08-02
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A mother-daughter story about the strong pull of tradition, and the lure and cost of breaking free of it. When Shoko decided to marry an American GI and leave Japan, she had her parents' blessing,...