A tale for the time being
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
A tale for the time being
AUTHOR:
Ozeki, Ruth L.
ISBN:
9780857867971
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2013.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
422 p. ; 20 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-420).
ABSTRACT:
In a small cafe in Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao Yasutani is navigating the challenges thrown up by modern life. In the face of cyberbullying, the mysteries of a 104-year-old Buddhist nun and great-grandmother, and the joy and heartbreak of family, Nao is trying to find her own place - and voice - through a diary.
SUBJECT:
| Teenage girls -- Fiction. |
| Buddhist nuns -- Fiction. |
| Women authors -- Fiction. |
| Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction. |
| Vancouver Island (B.C.) -- Fiction. |
BIBSUMMARY:
In a small cafe in Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao Yasutani is navigating the challenges thrown up by modern life. In the face of cyberbullying, the mysteries of a 104-year-old Buddhist nun and great-grandmother, and the joy and heartbreak of family, Nao is trying to find her own place - and voice - through a diary.