If there's an author after my own heart, it's Wendy Tokunaga. Wendy is like our Japanese soul mate, and her new book - Midori by Moonlight - is a story about a young woman who leaves Japan for San Francisco to marry the American man of her dreams, only to have her hopes dashed when her fiance dumps her for his ex. Broke, heartbroken, and too ashamed to go home, Midori decides to try and make it on her own. With the help of her platonic new Japanese transplant roommate, Midori tries to make a new life as a pastry chef - and maybe find another chance at love.

    Here's our interview with the wonderful Wendy Tokunaga:

    What was the inspiration for your book?
~ MIDORI BY MOONLIGHT is about 30-year-old fresh from Japan Midori Saito, who finds herself lost in translation in San Francisco searching for her American dream and the perfect dessert. It is inspired by my Japanese husband’s story of how he never felt he fit in Japan and ended up trading his native culture for a new one when he settled in the United States.

    Are you working on something right now?
~ I have recently turned in my second book to the publisher. Here is a brief description:
After receiving a puzzling phone call and a box full of mysteries, 33-year-old fledgling singer Celeste Duncan is off to Japan to search for a long, lost relative who could hold the key to the identity of the father she never knew. Lost in translation, she stumbles head first into a weird, wonderful world where nothing is quite as it seems; a land of gaijin worshippers, karaoke boxes, sushi fortune tellers, and unbearably perky TV stars. But when she learns to sing a Japanese song called “The Wishing Star” Celeste finds herself on a path to finding real love, understanding the true meaning of family and, most of all, discovering her own voice.

    What is something about you that would surprise your readers?
~ That I love to sing in Japanese.

    

 

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