My life, now that I am nearing the end of my 60s, consists of gardening in a Japanese-style garden, cultivating a field on abandoned land, and cleaning up an old house.
Then there is a book. Noriko Yuzawa, “Yaki-imo to Donut” (Baked sweet potato and donuts) KADOKAWA
I heard this book by chance on the radio. I was curious and started reading it right away.
It is a book that starts with the life of women workers known as “Jiko Aishi” and discusses the way of life and thoughts of women who lived during the Industrial Revolution in the U.S., which is also relevant to us today.
I was deeply impressed by the connection in history between me as a young girl who thought, “I don't want to be like my mother,” and the women of the 19th century in America, the women craftsmen of the Meiji and Taisho periods, and my mothers.
I used to rebel against my mother, but thinking that she felt the same way made me feel closer to her.
It also taught me that even if our lives are not ideal, they are irreplaceable.
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18 май 2024
