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Start giftingA Daughter of the Samurai
Narrator
June Angela
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Length
10 hours 42 minutes
Language
English
The youngest daughter of a high-ranking samurai, Etsu was destined to become a priestess and was molded for that path by some of the best teachers. But her fate changed when she was married off to a businessman and sent across the world to America. Finding herself miles away from the life she had imagined, she had to learn all about a new world—and come to terms with how it was changing her beliefs about what she had been taught and what she still held dear from her upbringing in Japan.
This beautiful and heartwarming story told from an interesting and unique perspective follows the life of a first-generation Japanese immigrant coming to terms with an entirely new culture.
Etsuko Sugimoto (1874-1950) was a Japanese-American writer and educator who taught literature and Japanese studies at Columbia University. Originally destined to be a priestess, she was sent to America from Japan for an arranged marriage. The daughter of a high-ranking samurai official, she also wrote for newspapers and magazines.
June Angela is the recipient of an Emmy and a Grammy for her work on The Electric Company series. A talented and renowned actress and audiobook narrator, she starred with Pat Morita on the first Asian American primetime television comedy series Mr. T and Tina.