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An Adventure in Love
出版Saitoh Family, 2012-10-02
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralPoetry / General
ISBN05781042109780578104218
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=m-ZBmQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In May of 1960, Addie Katz, a vivacious, 4?11? redhead, from the Bronx, was living in the small village of Hinsdale, Massachusetts when she entered an essay contest sponsored by Letters Abroad, Inc., a pen pal agency affiliated with President Dwight D. Eisenhower?s People-to-People Program. Eleanor Roosevelt was one of six prestigious judges who chose Addie?s essay as a winner and sent her to visit her pen pal, Suzue Matsubara, in Kyoto, Japan. It was a life-changing experience for the 35-year-old housewife and mother of three. The story of Addie?s life, focusing on this ?Encounter With Japan,? is told by her eldest daughter. Susan weaves together strands of her mother?s moving writings (prose, poetry, trip journal), fragments of Suzue?s lovely letters, and snippets by others whose lives Addie touched. The finished fabric is an inspiring tale of a remarkable woman and a heart-warming cross-cultural journey. Life affirming, is the way Addie faces the challenges in her life. Five years after the Japan trip, her marriage of more than 20 years ends. The indomitable woman holds her family together as she becomes a single, working mother. In her 40?s, Addie returns to school, embarking on another journey which leads to academic honors, a full fellowship from Columbia University, two Masters, a Ph.D. at age 59 and an exciting career as Director of Special Programs at Columbia?s Granduate School of Journalism. The book?s text is interspersed with black and white photos, many by permission of Takeyoshi Tanuma, the talented Japanese photographer whose photos appeared in a Life Magazine article about Addie on May 30,1960. To see it google ?Mrs. Katz in Kyoto.? Of special mention is the beautiful color section. Susan has creatively arranged 25 of her mother?s poems, each on a different background of vintage Japanese fabric or Japanese paper. "Encounter with Japan: An Adventure in Love" is a feast not only for the mind and heart, but for the eye as well.