Kenneth Wright

An American Love Song in Survival Japanese Kenneth Wright

When Gordy flees America and the War in Vietnam and lands a job as an English teacher in the Tokyo of the 1960s, he finds he gets a lot more than a mere hourly wage. And what could be more soothing for his shattered American male ego than a cherubic Japanese female, all fluff and cherry blossoms and obedience, and who always says Yes to his every whim? A hell of a lot more soothing than any bra-burning American coed, that's for sure! Or so Gordy blissfully believes . . . . Until . . . Praise for AN AMERICAN LOVE SONG IN SURVIVAL JAPANESE: "This is without a doubt the funniest story I've read in a decade. The entire Japanese female persona is laid bare here. Every bit true. Your story matches perfectly with friends who married while in Misawa. When the God button gets whacked, nothing can blast the reason for their actions out of them. Then, when the switch is flipped again, they are left with "What the hell just happened?" I loved it."B. Douglas Slack, Author of YOU ONLY LOVE TWICE