Call Me Okaasan Adventures in Multicultural Mothering
Edited by Suzanne Kamata with 20 women writers from around the world


ISBN: 1-932279-33-4
224 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5
$16.00 Trade Paperback
Pub Date: May 2009

“Like everything Kamata has written and edited, this collection reveals to its readers new ways of seeing family, that always perplexing and intriguing concept.” —mamazine.com

“…a worldwide tour of motherhood across the cultures, each stop an unflinching look into one mother's efforts to shepherd her children through unfamiliar territory. Prepare to laugh, cringe, cry, and cheer on these women.” —Rebecca S. Ramsey, French by Heart

“…collection of well-written, honest and thought-provoking essays, parents reflect on the challenges of raising these global nomads.” – Patricia Linderman, Tales from a Small Planet

“…lovely and almost lyrical anthology of mothering far from home, will resonate with so many expatriate families or those who have chosen to live abroad.” —Robin Pascoe, Raising Global Nomads: Parenting Abroad in an On-Demand World

 

Suzanne Kamata

Suzanne Kamata’s work has appeared in over 100 publications. She is the author of a novel, Losing Kei, and a picture book, Playing for Papa, both addressing bicultural families. She is also the editor of two anthologies, The Broken Bridge: Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan and Love You to Pieces: Creative Writers on Raising a Child with Special Needs, and is currently fiction editor of Literary Mama. Born and raised in Michigan and most recently from South Carolina, she now lives in rural Japan with her Japanese husband and bicultural twins.

SuzanneKamata.com

 

 

 

What happens when your child doesn’t speak your native language? How do you maintain cultural traditions while living outside your native country? How can you raise a child with two cultures without fracturing his/her identity?

From our house, to your house, to the White House, more and more mothers are facing questions such as these. Whether through inter-cultural marriage, international adoption or peripatetic lifestyles, modern families are increasingly multicultural. In this collection, women around the world ponder the unique joys and challenges of raising children across two or more cultures. 

 

“Très relevant.” —Motherworldblog