
Books Aug 18, 2018
'Dear Diary Boy': A vivid insider's look at education and mothering in Japan
by Suzanne Kamata
Kumiko Makihara's recently published memoir "Dear Diary Boy" might well come with a trigger warning for parents of school-aged children in Japan. Many will be able to relate to the references to heaps of homework, judgmental parents and teachers, long lists of things that ...