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Machida, Ivy C : THE PASSING SUMMERS - THE JAPANESE MYSTIQUE: CHARM AND CONSEQUENCE

Printed Matter Press, 2010

ISBN 9781933606217

Ivy C. Machida writes about her life in terms of Nature's give and take wit h her as she embarked on an odyssey from the sun-shiny tropical isle of her native Singapore across the rainbow, full of hope and wonder at what lay b eyond. As we journey with her through the varied phases of her life, she re veals with candor and poignancy the events and relationships that shaped he r in her journey of personal discovery in America in the mid-1960s. There s he met Jay Machida and she writes about her adventure in life and politics with Jay as she returned with him to the mystical land of Japan which had c aptivated her, and to the lush countryside and hometown of his ancestors. A s an unlikely political spouse, she stood by Jay when he heeded the call to ancestral duty, first as Prefectural Assemblyman and then as Mayor in the rapidly modernizing environment, in the aftermath of the receding American presence. She chronicles the political process with vision and passion, and gives momentum to the awareness and excitement generated by Jay's politica l campaigns and projects for the city. With heartrending glimpses into the bewildering world of small-town mores, I.M. provides rich insights into and her perceptions of the quintessential myths and biases of the Japanese cou ntryside, protective of its own, while see-sawing between opposing belief s ystems. In the process, she strengthens her sense of self and identity as s he came to re-define herself as foreign wife, displaced widow and mother of her two sons, as the days of her sojourn expanded in the formidable land - the other end of the rainbow., As New

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