Description:
Traveling from NYC half way around the world. this is a treasure trove of experience crossing borders and cultures. With courage and a pioneering spirit, the author finds contentment and creates a home in a far-off country, Japan.
Brief description: Karen Hill Anton, formerly a columnist for The Japan Times and the Japanese newspaper Chunichi Shimbun, is a cross-cultural competence consultant and coach. She lectures widely on her experience of cross-cultural adaptation and raising four bilingual, bicultural children. Originally from New York City, she's achieved second-degree mastery in Japanese calligraphy and has lived with her husband William Anton in rural Japan since 1975.
Review Quotes:
"Do yourself a favor and read this book! We are thrilled to present you with a memoir in the finest sense of the genre. An easy read, packed with astonishing events that flow into one another like water, The View From Breast Pocket Mountain is a coming of age, cultural history lesson, travelogue, spiritual life journey, and enduring love story all in one. Who could ask for more? The writing is deft, refreshingly accessible, and at times even lyrical. Hill Anton is an excellent storyteller, her narration is honest, sincere, and tender, yet never self-indulgent-one cannot help but follow her from Harlem to Europe to the hills of Japan on a wildly inspirational journey to the self that is unlike any other. That Hill Anton is able to do this in a mere 296 pages is a testament to her mastery of the writing craft. So enjoyable, it reads like 100 pages. This is a memoir for the ages, and one that we fully expect will someday make a very fine film. A tour de force."
Memoir Magazine
Karen Hill Anton's life has been a remarkable journey, from the United States through Europe and across Asia to Japan. The View from Breast Pocket Mountain is a story woven with great compassion and skill, the ultimate combination. It is a beautiful and deeply moving narrative full of fascinating people, the most fascinating being the author herself.
Roger Pulvers, Author, Peaceful Circumstances