I was intrigued by the bilingual biography. I wish there was more stories about Yasuko’s childhood or when she was a foreign exchange student.

There are a lot of stories about sad times (TW, accidents, death and suicides), and a lot of glossing over her immediate family, children she and Ed/Lucky had. The stories were most about her friends and projects she had done.

It’s interesting that she uses “oriental” in reference to herself/Japanese culture-I had thought that was a rude term when applied to people. (At least since 2000 when this book was published.)

I can’t speak for the Japanese translation of each chapter but the English sections needed an English editor. It seems like the book was published in Japan for specifically Japanese book stores so perhaps an English editor was a low priority.

When he looked up again Tas had gone. Rising to join the others, he caught sight of something small and abandoned on the floor. "Tas you forgot your pipe." He picked it up and then saw words carved into the wood he had not seen before. Find the music, find the magic.
"Did you carve this?"
Tas did not turn. "Yes," he said, reluctantly. "I have to leave it."
"But, Tas, why?"
Tas squared his shoulders as though firming some resolve. But still he did not turn. "Because the shepherd said that it could only be used once. Thats why I can't get the pipe to play that song-or any song. I've used the magic." He took a deep breath and went on. "And he said that once I found the magic I had the pass the pipe on." he paused and then he did turn, a scamp's humor in his long brown eyes. "It's going to be a long winter. I'm going to leave it here for someone else to find." "Snowsong" by Nancy Varian Berberick

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