A HOME IN JAPAN
MOTHER-SIR! by Tats Blain; Victor Gollancz, English price 13/6. |F you’re not troubled by the kind of humour derived from the idiosyncracies of coloured races, you may well find Mother-Sir! amusing. It is the experiences of an American woman in Japan, where she is stationed for a term with her naval officer husband and young daughter. . The publisher warns that no one should turn to Mother-Sir! for "the Truth About Japan." Instead, the book is a breezy collection of stories about the embarrassments and "majah catastrophes" which attend the author's efforts to run her Japanese-staffed home. An excess of servants is a problem in itself, as Mrs. Blain can’t bring herself to refuse employment to people so urgently needing it. This compassion, however, is pretty well covered over by the "aren’t-the-natives-quaint" attitude of a glossy magazine, where, in fact, two
of the chapters first appeared.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 801, 26 November 1954, Page 14
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150A HOME IN JAPAN New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 801, 26 November 1954, Page 14
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