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Set in post-World War II Japan, the narrative follows six-year-old Sarah Berman, a refugee from communist Shanghai, as she navigates her new life in a war-torn Tokyo. The story explores her struggles for acceptance within Japanese society while her family adjusts to life on a rural nobleman's estate. Through Sarah's eyes, the book delves into the complexities of identity, belonging, and the lingering impact of Japan's military past, offering a poignant coming-of-age tale against a backdrop of societal upheaval.

On Track with the Japanese: Rapid Learning System Workbook provides a powerful interactive took for understanding the issues of building trust that often inhibit and plague effective communication and negotiation with Japanese. If you are confounded by your Japanese partners, this workbook will provide the understanding of a Japanese road map to creating trust and moving the relationship through four trust building stages. The workbook creates a fluency with core concept such as face, obligation, self presentation and many others. Exercises in each stage build on the last and the workbook traces the process of moving through stages and provides opportunities to test one's position and skills thereby developing the attitudes and techniques necessary for working and negotiating successfully with the Japanese.