Bruce Feiler - Where God Was Born, Abraham, Walking The Bible

"I Thought He Was A Little Out of His Mind"
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

A reader writes:

I have just finished your book, Learning To Bow : Inside the heart of Japan, for my world geography class and I wanted to let you know how much I truely enjoyed reading it. When my professor told us that we were going to have to read for geography I thought he was a little out of his mind. Reading about the different culture in Japan, as you had spoke about in your book, was truly a shock! To think that their beliefs on strict schooling and regime was so disciplined was beyond what I could ever imagined. I had no idea how truely diverse they were from the American way of living. I have to say that the chapter that mostly surprised me was where the boy had committeed suicide. I really never saw that coming and have to say that it was a little scary. I know how kids in American society talk about suicide and usually its just a means for attention, but for that child to jump off the balcony of his third story classroom was defintely surprising to me. Overall, I loved reading about the wedding, their different envelopes, and many other cultural things that they do in Japan that we do not do here in America. I will defintely be reading some more of your books, but on my own time instead of class assignments.

Thanks for sticking through the assignment! I would guess over the years that LEARNING TO BOW has been assigned to more classes than any of my other books, though ABRAHAM is probably catching up quickly.

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