In her new book, The Wagamama Bride: A Jewish Family Saga Made in Japan, author Liane Grunberg Wakabayashi takes us on a fascinating journey, not just geographically but culturally and spiritually as well. Born in Montreal, Liane grew up in New York and studied at Massachusetts University. At Sussex University in England, where her mother`s family lived, she studied art history. She says it was there that she learned to be a writer. Later, she obtained a degree in art administration from Columbia University.

As a gifted writer and artist, her memoir is both graphically described and professionally written, using all the senses to paint a picture of life in Japan, a land so far from home.

Working as a journalist in New York, Liane is sent on an assignment to Tokyo to write a series on the Japanese trend of siting art exhibitions in department stores.

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