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Dear Diary Boy Lib/E: An Exacting Mother, Her Free-Spirited Son, and Their Bittersweet Adventures in an Elite Japanese School

Dear Diary Boy Lib/E: An Exacting Mother, Her Free-Spirited Son, and Their Bittersweet Adventures in an Elite Japanese School


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When her five-year-old son passed the rigorous entrance exams to one of Japan's top private elementary schools, Makihara, a single mother, thought they were on their way. Taro would wear the historic dark blue uniform and learn alongside other little Einsteins while she basked in the glory of his high achievements with the other perfect moms. Together they would climb the rungs into the country's successful elite.

But it didn't turn out that way. Taro had other things in mind. While set in Japan, their struggles in the school's hyper-competitive environment mirror those faced by parents here in the US and raise the same questions about the best way to educate a child--especially one that doesn't quite fit the mold. Public or private? Competitive or nurturing? Standardized or individualized? Helicopter parenting or free-range? Amid this frenzied debate, how does one find balance and maintain a healthy parent-child relationship?

Dear Diary Boy is an intensely personal, heartwarming, and heartbreaking chronicle of one mother and child's experience in a prestigious private Tokyo school. It's a tale that will resonate with all parents as we try to answer the age-old questions of how best to educate our children and what, truly, is in their best interests versus what is in our own.



About the Author :
Kumiko Makihara's work has appeared in the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times magazine, and Newsweek, as well as in the books Reimagining Japan: The Quest for a Future That Works and Tsunami: Japan's Post Fukushima Future. She previously was a reporter for Time Magazine and the Associated Press and a features editor at the Moscow Times. She resides in New York City and Tokyo. Deborah Fallows has lived in Shanghai and Beijing, and traveled throughout China for three years with her husband, the writer James Fallows. She is a Harvard graduate and has a PhD in linguistics, and is the author of A Mother's Work. She most recently worked in research and polling for the Pew Internet & American Life Project and in data architecture for Oxygen Media. When in the United States, she and her husband live in Washington, DC. They have two sons and two daughters-in-law. Deborah Fallows has lived in Shanghai and Beijing, and traveled throughout China for three years with her husband, the writer James Fallows. She is a Harvard graduate and has a PhD in linguistics, and is the author of A Mother's Work. She most recently worked in research and polling for the Pew Internet & American Life Project and in data architecture for Oxygen Media. When in the United States, she and her husband live in Washington, DC. They have two sons and two daughters-in-law. Cindy Kay is a Chinese-Thai-American narrator and educator who grew up in the California Bay Area and lives in the Rockies. Her work has been described as listening to a "cozy best friend." She narrates fiction and nonfiction, and has studied Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, and Japanese.


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  • ISBN-13: 9798200769056
  • Publisher: Tantor Audio
  • Publisher Imprint: Tantor Audio
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Sub Title: An Exacting Mother, Her Free-Spirited Son, and Their Bittersweet Adventures in an Elite Japanese School
  • ISBN-10: 8200769054
  • Publisher Date: 29 Jun 2021
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Language: English


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