The Crane Wife

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Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0593312880
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Book Synopsis The Crane Wife by : CJ Hauser

Download or read book The Crane Wife written by CJ Hauser and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir in essays that expands on the viral sensation “The Crane Wife” with a frank and funny look at love, intimacy, and self in the twenty-first century. From friends and lovers to blood family and chosen family, this “elegant masterpiece” (Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Hunger) asks what more expansive definitions of love might offer ​us all. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, THE GUARDIAN, GARDEN & GUN "Hauser builds their life's inventory out of deconstructed personal narratives, resulting in a reading experience that's rich like a complicated dessert—not for wolfing down but for savoring in small bites." —The New York Times “Hauser’s wry, introspective investigation of their assumptions about love will likely free readers to examine their own personal narratives as well ... ‘The rare happy ending I appreciate is one that makes room for the whole painful fact of the world at the same time it offers the reader some joy,’ they write. The Crane Wife embraces this philosophy again and again as Hauser excavates their past loves and losses, thoughtfully examines them and declares the pain of love to be worth the risk.” —BookPage Ten days after calling off their wedding, CJ Hauser went on an expedition to Texas to study the whooping crane. After a week wading through the gulf, they realized they'd almost signed up to live someone else's life. Hauser releases themself from traditional narratives of happiness and goes looking for ways of living that leave room for the unexpected, making plenty of mistakes along the way. They kiss Internet strangers and officiates at a wedding. They reread Rebecca in the house their boyfriend once shared with his ex-wife and rewinds Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story to learn how not to lose yourself in a relationship. They think about Florence Nightingale at a robot convention and grief at John Belushi’s rock and roll gravesite, and the difference between those stories we’re asked to hold versus those we choose to carry. Told with the late-night barstool directness of your wisest, most bighearted friend, The Crane Wife is a book for everyone whose life doesn't look the way they thought it would; for everyone learning to find joy in the not-knowing; for everyone trying, if sometimes failing, to build a new sort of life story, a new sort of family, a new sort of home, to live in.

The Crane Wife

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152163501
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book The Crane Wife written by and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retelling of the traditional Japanese tale about a poor sail maker who gains a beautiful but mysterious wife skilled at weaving magical sails.

The Crane Wife

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 144342014X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)

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Book Synopsis The Crane Wife by : Patrick Ness

Download or read book The Crane Wife written by Patrick Ness and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary happens every day . . . George Duncan is an American living and working in London. He is divorced, the owner of a small print shop, and lonelier than he realizes. One night he is woken by an extraordinary sound coming from his garden. A great white crane has tumbled to earth, its wing shot through by a giant arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George pulls out the arrow and frees the crane, and from the moment he watches it fly off, his life is transformed. The very next day, he meets an enigmatic woman, an artist who transforms the lives of everyone around her, including Amanda, George’s angry--and very funny--daughter, Amanda’s adorable French son and George himself. Wise, romantic, sublime and laugh-out-loud funny, The Crane Wife is hugely entertaining but also resonates on a deep, dreamlike, mythic level. Above all it’s a celebration of the disruptive and redemptive power of love.

The Crane Wife

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Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 9780817251581
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book The Crane Wife written by and published by Raintree. This book was released on 1998 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Sachi cares for an injured crane, a beautiful woman asks to be his wife and weaves wonderful silk that makes him a rich man.

The Crane Wife/Japan

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ISBN 13 : 9780817283513
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (835 download)

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Book Synopsis The Crane Wife/Japan by : Steck-Vaughn Staff

Download or read book The Crane Wife/Japan written by Steck-Vaughn Staff and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

I Know I'm In There Somewhere

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440626812
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Book Synopsis I Know I'm In There Somewhere by : Helene Brenner

Download or read book I Know I'm In There Somewhere written by Helene Brenner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-05-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on her work with over a thousand women across the country, psychologist Helene G. Brenner has learned that women feel the impulse to accommodate, adapt and mold themselves to serve others at their own expense. Her solution is an invigorating new approach to women's psychology. The key to transformation, she explains, is not self-improvement, but self-acceptance—affirming and validating what we truly feel and experience and who we already are. Dr. Brenner shows women how to discover and express what they truly want and value, guiding you toward your own Inner Voice. I Know I’m In There Somewhere will show you: - How to embrace, rather than fix, the Inner Voice that has been there all along - How to distinguish the Outer Voices (the expectations of the people around you) from Your Inner Voice (the voice of your true self that goes beyond intuition and guides you wisely towards what is right for you) - What to do when you feel that the essence of who you are is being stifled by external demands and expectations

The Crane Wife

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ISBN 13 : 9781583427583
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis The Crane Wife by : Barbara Carlisle

Download or read book The Crane Wife written by Barbara Carlisle and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Crane Girl

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Publisher : Shen's Books
ISBN 13 : 9781643796840
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (968 download)

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Book Synopsis The Crane Girl by : Curtis Manley

Download or read book The Crane Girl written by Curtis Manley and published by Shen's Books. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this magical retelling of a Japanese folktale, a mysterious girl weaves silk to help repay the kindness of a boy and his father until the father's greed finally exposes her secret.

The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki

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Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462921698
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Book Synopsis The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki by : Masahiro Sasaki

Download or read book The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki written by Masahiro Sasaki and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner** **Middle School Book of the Year-- Northern Lights Book Awards** **Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner** For the first time, middle readers can learn the complete story of the courageous girl whose life, which ended through the effects of war, inspired a worldwide call for peace. In this book, author Sue DiCicco and Sadako's older brother Masahiro tell her complete story in English for the first time--how Sadako's courage throughout her illness inspired family and friends, and how she became a symbol of all people, especially children, who suffer from the impact of war. Her life and her death carry a message: we must have a wholehearted desire for peace and be willing to work together to achieve it. Sadako Sasaki was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on her city of Hiroshima at the end of World War II. Ten years later, just as life was starting to feel almost normal again, this athletic and enthusiastic girl was fighting a war of a different kind. One of many children affected by the bomb, she had contracted leukemia. Patient and determined, Sadako set herself the task of folding 1000 paper cranes in the hope that her wish to be made well again would be granted. Illustrations and personal family photos give a glimpse into Sadako's life and the horrors of war. Proceeds from this book are shared equally between The Sadako Legacy NPO and The Peace Crane Project.

The Crane Wife

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Publisher : Jaymi Hanako
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crane Wife written by Jaymi Hanako and published by Jaymi Hanako. This book was released on 2020-03-29 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after Kenta freed a trapped crane from a snare, a mysterious woman appears. Beautiful Yukiko insists on becoming his wife. Though he knows he can’t afford to marry, he also cannot resist the temptation to claim her as his own. His fortunes change with her arrival, and it isn’t long before he's falling in love with his strange wife, even though she refuses to share any information about her past. Yukiko has good reason to keep her secrets. Transformed from crane to human in order to repay Kenta for saving her, the magic comes with one condition: if her husband learns the truth, the spell will end and they will be forced apart. Forever. The Crane Wife is a fantasy romance based on the Japanese folktale “Tsuru Nyobo.”

Once Upon a Time in Japan

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Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462917267
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Book Synopsis Once Upon a Time in Japan by : Japan Broadcasting Corporation NHK

Download or read book Once Upon a Time in Japan written by Japan Broadcasting Corporation NHK and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Winner of the 2016 Creative Child Magazine Book of the Year Award** **Winner of the 2015 Gelett Burgess Award for Best Multicultural Book** When wily animals, everyday people and magical beings come together in a collection of Japanese fairytales, wonderful things are bound to happen! Each story is brilliantly illustrated by a different talented Japanese artist. The tales recounted here are among Japan's oldest and most beloved stories. Entertaining and filled with subtle folk wisdom, these retold stories have been shared countless times in Japanese homes and schools for generations. Like good stories from every time and place, they never grow old. Kids (and their parents!) will enjoy hearing these stories read aloud on the accompanying downloadable audio. The fairytales and classic stories in this collection include: The Wife Who Never Eats—the story of a man who learns the hard way the evils of stinginess. The Mill of the Sea—the story of how a greedy man was responsible for the saltiness of sea water. The Monkey and the Crab—the crabs teach a tricky monkey a lesson in fairness and honesty. The Magical Hood—an act of kindness reaps great rewards. Sleepyhead Taro and the Children—a story about what can be accomplished at the right time, and with the right help and the right spirit. The Fox and the Otter—how a fox pays the price of deceit and selfishness. The Gratitude of the Crane—a story about the rewards of kindness and the danger of curiosity. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter—a girl who starts life very tiny turns out to be big in many ways.

Japanese Animal-wife Tales

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Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781453913444
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (134 download)

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Book Synopsis Japanese Animal-wife Tales by : Fumihiko Kobayashi

Download or read book Japanese Animal-wife Tales written by Fumihiko Kobayashi and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By re-examining the gender-specific behaviors of both the animal-woman and her human spouse, this book recovers the sociocultural and historical contexts that underlay their behaviors to demonstrate the actual gender characteristics that shaped the original Japanese Animal-Wife tales, highlighting the assertive, rather than naive, personality of women in early Japanese folktale tradition."

Little Aunt Crane

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446485129
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Book Synopsis Little Aunt Crane by : Geling Yan

Download or read book Little Aunt Crane written by Geling Yan and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last days of World War II, the Japanese occupation of Manchuria has collapsed. As the Chinese move in, the elders of the Japanese settler village of Sakito decide to preserve their honour by killing all the villagers in an act of mass suicide. Only 16-year-old Tatsuru escapes. But Tatsuru's trials have just begun. As she flees, she falls into the hands of human traffickers. She is sold to a wealthy Chinese family, where she becomes Duohe - the clandestine second wife to the only son, and the secret bearer of his children. Against all odds, Duohe forms an unlikely friendship with the first wife Xiaohuan, united by the unshakeable bonds of motherhood and family. Spanning several tumultuous decades of Mao’s rule, Little Aunt Crane is a novel about love, bravery and survival, and how humanity endures in the most unlikely of circumstances.

Japanese Fairy Tales

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Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
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Download or read book Japanese Fairy Tales written by Yei Theodora Ozaki and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-07-19 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student of folk-lore. Grateful acknowledgment is due to Mr. Y. Yasuoka, Miss Fusa Okamoto, my brother Nobumori Ozaki, Dr. Yoshihiro Takaki, and Miss Kameko Yamao, who have helped me with translations. The story which I have named “The Story of the Man who did not Wish to Die” is taken from a little book written a hundred years ago by one Shinsui Tamenaga. It is named Chosei Furo, or “Longevity.” “The Bamboo-cutter and the Moon-child” is taken from the classic “Taketari Monogatari,” and is NOT classed by the Japanese among their fairy tales, though it really belongs to this class of literature. The pictures were drawn by Mr. Kakuzo Fujiyama, a Tokio artist. In telling these stories in English I have followed my fancy in adding such touches of local color or description as they seemed to need or as pleased me, and in one or two instances I have gathered in an incident from another version. At all times, among my friends, both young and old, English or American, I have always found eager listeners to the beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan, and in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West...FROM THE BOOKS.

Beneath the Moon

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Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 1984857223
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Beneath the Moon written by Yoshi Yoshitani and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful and universal retellings of seventy-eight divine stories, legends, and myths from around the world, each accompanied by a gorgeous illustration from acclaimed artist Yoshi Yoshitani. Many of the lessons we learn are shared stories passed among cultures and generations. In this riveting collection of fables and folktales from cultures across the globe, characters from beloved fairytales, cultural fables, ancient mythologies, and inspirational deities are brought to life, including Sleeping Beauty (Italy), Rapunzel (Germany), Jack and the Beanstalk (England), Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico), Sun God Ra (Egypt), the Crane Wife (Japan), and dozens more. Lesser-known stories introduce characters such as the volcano goddess Pele from Hawaii; Mwindo, the wise and powerful king of the Nyanga people; and the strong and resilient Yennenga, mother of the Mossi people in Burkina Faso. The recurring themes of conquering evil, overcoming adversity, and finding love and companionship are woven throughout this collection. Yoshi Yoshitani's art style is fresh and unique, featuring diverse and multicultural characters. Each story will be featured opposite a correlating illustration, both lush and vibrant.

Twilight of a Crane

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
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Download or read book Twilight of a Crane written by 木下順二 and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Crane Wife

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Crane Wife by : Sharon Hashimoto

Download or read book The Crane Wife written by Sharon Hashimoto and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents