E-19 - THE SAME MOON: A YOUNG WOMAN’S SEASON OF ENTANGLEMENTS IN RURAL JAPAN - By Sarah Coomber (2026, Wild Geranium Press)
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Sarah Coomber discusses her experiences living in small-town Japan during the 1990s as detailed in her memoir.
Minnesotan Sarah Coomber discusses life in small-town Japan in the 1990s, the subject of her beautiful memoir. She arrived there as a recently divorced twenty-four-year-old hoping to spend a quiet, reflective year teaching English on the JET Program. But before long, she wouldbefriend a local salaryman and…
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