Book 55: "Sir Phoebus' Ma" by Zoe Teale
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kittiwakeSometimes we walked too close together, sometimes too obviously far apart. We walked in circles - then took a train, straight through the suburbs, out, away from Tokyo, away from the wires that crossed the skies and kept the people netted to the streets.
Anna is a young British woman who spends a year working as an English teacher in a Japanese school. Her supervisor, Moriya sensei, monopolises her time, preventing her from making other friends and making her feel very uncomfortable.
The book's rather odd title comes from a quotation from Stevie Smith about writing stories about real people, rather than making a joke of the peculiarities of foreigners.
Anna is a young British woman who spends a year working as an English teacher in a Japanese school. Her supervisor, Moriya sensei, monopolises her time, preventing her from making other friends and making her feel very uncomfortable.
The book's rather odd title comes from a quotation from Stevie Smith about writing stories about real people, rather than making a joke of the peculiarities of foreigners.
