Confessions of a Texan in Tokyo

by Ryosuke Mineta (Foreword by), Grace Buchele Mineta

Overview

It's not easy squeezing your life into a suitcase and hopping on a plane halfway across the world. Then again, the most meaningful things in life are never easy. In this hilarious comic book, Grace weaves fact and fiction - to create an authentic window into the life of an American living in Tokyo. Joined by her husband, Ryosuke, and their imaginary pet rabbit, Marvin, watch as this young couple tries to carve out a little slice of "home" deep in the concrete jungle of Tokyo, without going crazy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990773610
Publisher:	Texan in Tokyo
Publication date:	06/21/2015
Series:	Texan & Tokyo , #3
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Grace Buchele Mineta was born and raised in Texas, before moving to Ghana (and later Japan) in her teenage years. She lives in Tokyo with her husband, where she writes and blogs about interracial and intercultural relationships, daily life in Japan, and the life of a freelancer abroad on her blog, "Texan in Tokyo." In her spare time, she writes and illustrates comic books about her daily life in Tokyo. She is the author of three books, "My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy," "My Japanese Husband (still) Thinks I'm Crazy," and "Confessions of a Texan in Tokyo." Grace graduated from Ursinus College in Pennsylvania and spent one year in Tokyo under the Boren Scholarship.