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Item specifics
- Condition
- Artist
- Shoko Tendo
- Brand
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- Type
- Hardback
- EAN
- 9784770030429
- Publication Name
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- Release Title
- Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter
- Edition
- First Edition
- Colour
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- ISBN
- 9784770030429
- Book Title
- Yakuza Moon : Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter
- Item Length
- 6.1 in
- Publisher
- Kodansha America, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Social Science
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs, General, Organized Crime, Criminology
- Item Width
- 9 in
- Item Weight
- 18.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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Product Information
Yakuza Moon is the shocking, yet intensely moving memoir of 37-year-old Shoko Tendo, who grew up the daughter of a yakuza boss. Tendo lived her life in luxury until the age of six, when her father was sent to prison and her family fell into terrible debt. Bullied by classmates and terrorized at home by a father who became a drunken, violent monster after his release from prison, Tendo rebelled. A regular visitor to nightclubs at the age of 12, she soon became a drug addict and a member of a girl gang. At 15 she was sentenced to eight months in a juvenile detention center. Adulthood brought big bucks and glamour when Tendo started working as a bar hostess during Japan's booming bubble economy of the nineteen-eighties. But among her many rich and loyal patrons there were also abusive clients, one of whom beat her so badly that her face was left permanently scarred. When her mother died, Tendo plunged into such a deep depression that she tried to commit suicide twice. Tendo takes us through the bad times with warmth and candor, and gives a moving and inspiring account of how she overcame a lifetime of discrimination and hardship. Getting tattooed, from the base of her neck to the tips of her toes, with a design centered on a geisha with a dagger in her mouth, was an act that empowered her to start making changes in her life. She quit her job as a hostess. On her last day at the bar she looked up at the full moon, a sight she never forgot. The moon became a symbol of her struggle to become whole, and the title of the book she wrote as an epitaph for herself and her family.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Kodansha America, Incorporated
ISBN-10
4770030428
ISBN-13
9784770030429
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57274666
Product Key Features
Book Title
Yakuza Moon : Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Organized Crime, Criminology
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Social Science
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
6.1 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
9 in
Item Weight
18.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Hv6439.J3t46 2007
Reviews
" ...A fast read... And her best-selling book has been reprinted 11 times in Japan. Maybe its because it tells it how it is, and its hardly a romantic portrait of the gangster life."-- Giant Robot "...Deserves an enormous amount of credit for her willingness to love and accept her family - and herself - regardless of their flaws."-- Bust "Powerful" Bloomberg News Service "... Shining a light into a dark and little understood corner of modern Japan." -- The Guardian (U.K.) "Emotionally complex and thoroughly heart-rending, this book is recommended for anyone searching for a more thorough and personal understanding of Japanese society."--Publishers Weekly.com " Yakuza Moon is a very personal book about a young woman's struggle to survive in a hostile and brutal environment, and it gives a rare insight into 'life in the other side' in Japan."-- Asia Times Online, ., ."Deserves an enormous amount of credit for her willingness to love and accept her family-and herself-regardless of their flaws."--Bust ., ." Shining a light into a dark and little understood corner of modern Japan." --The Guardian (U.K.) "Emotionally complex and thoroughly heart-rending, this book is recommended for anyone searching for a more thorough and personal understanding of Japanese society."--Publishers Weekly.com, "... Shining a Light Into a Dark and Little Understood Corner of Modern Japan." -The Guardian (U.K.), "La qualité des articles, les résponses précises, novatrices et convaincantes, apportées à des questions parfois anciennes devraient faire de ce recueil un ouvrage de référence."P. del Duca in: Etudes Germaniques 7-9/2007, " ...A fast read... And her best-selling book has been reprinted 11 times in Japan. Maybe its because it tells it how it is, and its hardly a romantic portrait of the gangster life."--Giant Robot "...Deserves an enormous amount of credit for her willingness to love and accept her family - and herself - regardless of their flaws."--Bust "Powerful" Bloomberg News Service "... Shining a light into a dark and little understood corner of modern Japan." --The Guardian (U.K.) "Emotionally complex and thoroughly heart-rending, this book is recommended for anyone searching for a more thorough and personal understanding of Japanese society."--Publishers Weekly.com "Yakuza Moon is a very personal book about a young woman's struggle to survive in a hostile and brutal environment, and it gives a rare insight into 'life in the other side' in Japan."--Asia Times Online, " ...A fast read... And her best-selling book has been reprinted 11 times in Japan. Maybe its because it tells it how it is, and its hardly a romantic portrait of the gangster life."--Giant Robot "...Deserves an enormous amount of credit for her willingness to love and accept her family - and herself - regardless of their flaws."--Bust "Powerful"Bloomberg News Service "... Shining a light into a dark and little understood corner of modern Japan." --The Guardian(U.K.) "Emotionally complex and thoroughly heart-rending, this book is recommended for anyone searching for a more thorough and personal understanding of Japanese society."--Publishers Weekly.com "Yakuza Moonis a very personal book about a young woman's struggle to survive in a hostile and brutal environment, and it gives a rare insight into 'life in the other side' in Japan."--Asia TimesOnline
Copyright Date
2007
Lccn
2006-039555
Dewey Decimal
364.1092 B
Dewey Edition
22
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I accidentally left my first copy in Tokyo on vacation, so I was happy to find this.
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Arrived quickly
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Would purchase again, such a fun item!
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