It appears that I’ve hit the mark with the readers of LIVE FROM JAPAN!
“LIVE FROM JAPAN is a lovely book in many ways. The spirit of the book is to encourage community between John Rachel’s adopted country and his birth country and the book itself invites, entertains, nourishes and charms, supporting that end.” – Amazon Review April 26, 2021
“An expats perspective which sheds light on the unique and quirky aspects of Japanese country life. Highlights include anecdotal descriptions of the great care taken in daily rituals, food customs, and the courtesy extended to people and place.” – Amazon Review May 15, 2021
“John’s perceptions reminded me of my mixture of awe and puzzlement over Japanese ways and how each generation has distinctive formative influences.” – Amazon Review March 15, 2021
LIVE FROM JAPAN!
Now available at 50% off as a Kindle or EPUB ebook (Nookbook, Apple iBook, Kobo Reader, etc.)
We’re trying to get this ready for release this June. There are so many issues related to supply chains, the pandemic, and pervasive chaos in the world. But we’ll do our best. Initial reactions have been outstanding! Here’s in part what one reader of an advance copy had to say:
“The subtitle of the book is Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun. The setting of much of the activity does center, with reverent attention, on the detail of life in Japan, Osaka, especially, but includes a surprising, and amazing lightning tour of Paris, Morocco, and several major cities of Western Africa. More than setting only, there is a rhythm and music to John Rachel’s language that allows the reader to believe that he/she is experiencing a translated version of these characters’ thoughts and language straight from Japanese.”
Please be patient. We think it’ll be worth the wait.
The Billy Green saga . . . a complicated, joyful, twisted, sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, always unpredictable journey. Billy is growing up and more determined than ever to find meaning in life and comfort in love. He’s discovering what it really means to be an adult. Surely, no one said it would be pretty. He certainly had ample fair warning, growing up in Detroit. But nothing ever prepares us for some things.Like a shattering loss of innocence.
Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun is unlike any love story you’ve ever read before. Set in Japan and East Africa, it is based on real events.
Arriving this coming spring. ARCs will be available in February 2022. Pre-orders will begin in April.
This is from the Author’s Closing Personal Comment at the end of the book:
As a society, the Japanese people may be the most honest in the world. There are legendary stories of individuals forgetting their wallets, handbags, computers, shopping bags, leaving them in plain sight in highly-trafficked public places. They return hours later and their valuables are right where the left them. Or have been turned into the police, everything still there, even credit cards and cash. We expect of others what we see in ourselves. Meaning, Japanese trust others because they themselves can be trusted. The problem is that this level of integrity can backfire when confronting others who are not so morally sound. It can be extremely destructive at every level when manipulated to personal advantage by individuals who are cunning, ruthless, sociopathic.
Is there a difference between Japanese sake and turpentine?
Do modern-day geishas play electric guitar?
There are more answers than questions. So . . .
Just say ‘NO’ to boredom, ignorance & xenophobia!
IT’S EASY! LIVE FROM JAPAN! will take good care of you.
I promise!
The Kindle version is available HERE. An Apple iBOOK is available HERE. A B&N Nook Book is available HERE. Other popular ebook formats are available HERE. A deluxe paperback is available from Amazon HERE. A deluxe full-color paperback is available from B&N HERE. A deluxe full-color paperback is available from the printer HERE.
For those of you not living in Japan, let me explain that Tsutaya is the biggest retail distributor of books, games, and videos in this nation.
Today I got some good news! Tsutaya here in town will be stocking the Japanese version of my book. If it goes well, the sky is the limit . . . at least the sky over the Land of the Rising Sun.
Several of my Japanese friends have reported that the book is fun to read and funny. My Japanese is too rudimentary for me to know. I was certainly hoping that my humor would translate across the language and cultural barriers.
The Japanese version is not yet available online anywhere. For those of you who speak and read English, opportunities abound!
We’ve received an approval copy of LIVE FROM JAPAN! in Japanese and it looks great! The translation will be available in fine bookstores across Japan by end of summer.
And please don’t forget!
For a limited time, Live From Japan (in English) is on sale at Amazon in the US, more than 33% off the list price.
Author John Rachel says living in Japan is like living in a fairy tale. This is your chance to personally experience this very exciting, very enriching adventure.