![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Taro approached an elementary school age, she pondered what kind of education she wanted to give him. She and her adopted son Yataro (Taro for short) could then be close to her parents who could also assist them financially. In 2002, three years after adopting a boy from Kazakhstan, Makihara left a troubled marriage to an American in Beijing, and a life as a journalist, to move back to Japan. The book, in which Makihara weaves in some of Taro’s diary entries, not only offers an insightful glimpse into an elite Japanese institution, but also into Makihara’s struggles coping with the challenges of navigating through its rigid environment. In her memoir “Dear Diary Boy”, author Kumiko Makihara recounts the six years when her son Taro spent at an elite private elementary school in Japan-a work she calls “an expression of love, remorse, and gratitude.” The curious title comes from a cartoon character, the Diary Boy who feeds on letters in a diary – a character that Makihara’s mother created to entice her grandson to write in his diary. ![]()
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