The Same Moon

About this book

Sometimes you have to run far far away to find your way home. Recently wedand quickly divorcedtwenty-four-year-old Sarah Coomber escapes the disappointments of her Minnesota life for a job teaching English in Japan. Her plan is to use the year to reflect heal and figure out what to do with her wrecked life while enjoying the culture of the country where she had previously spent a life-changing summer that included a romance with a young baseball player. The reality? Sarah finds herself the lone English speaker in an isolated rural area where she is drawn into serving tea to her male coworkers performing with a koto (zither) group advocating for her female students and colleagues and embarking on a controversial romance with a local salaryman. This isnt the Japan Sarah was seeking but it just might be the Japan she needs. ... an entertaining and honest account of a young womans self-discovery in a foreign land. LAURA KRISKA AUTHOR OF THE ACCIDENTAL OFFICE LADY: AN AMERICAN WOMAN IN CORPORATE JAPAN ...Coomber addresses the question of this American hour: how to honor even cherish fellow humans regardless of divergent cultural political or spiritual convictions. The Same Moon injects hope into the current American climate of intolerance. NATALIE KUSZ AWARD-WINNING MEMOIRIST AND AUTHOR OF ROAD SONGSarah captures in great detail many things unique to Japan in nature daily life and relationships. YUKARI SAKAMOTO AUTHOR OF FOOD SAKE TOKYO