{"product_id":"girl-in-a-box","title":"Girl in a Box","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn early twentieth century Japan, women have few rights. Yet one precocious poet--a brooding daughter, locked in her room at night by protective parents--runs away from home to live a life of her choosing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe falls in love with a fellow poet and follows him across Siberia to Paris, where they witness the last days of the Belle Epoque. She perseveres through poverty, back-to-back pregnancies, infidelity, earthquake and fire, to become a name every Japanese schoolchild knows today as a pioneering feminist poet and the first person to translate the classical\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTale of Genji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einto modern Japanese. In her single-minded dedication to her art, she inflicts wounds on a daughter that echo from her own childhood. She sets out to make amends, knowing it may be too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on the life of poet Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) and filled with original translations of her poetry,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirl in a Box\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill ignite the discussion about the female artist's challenge to create while juggling family, career, and personal freedom. Historical fiction at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sibylline Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138468413725,"sku":"9798897400126","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9798897400126.jpg?v=1775851527","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/girl-in-a-box","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}