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基本説明
Founder of the Japan Amarant Society, widow of theatre impresario Donald Albery and previously married to Japanese Studies scholar Ivan Morris, Nobuko Albery chronicles her life since Albery’s death in 1988 focusing on her public and private battles connected with advancing the cause and well-being of menopausal women in Japan - inspired to do so by her own experiences and a fundamental belief in the advantages to be gained from HRT therapy, which was largely unavailable in Japan at the time. In the process, the narrative offers some remarkable insights into the cross-cultural minefield that arises when someone 'returns home' (to Japan) after more than thirty years of living abroad - ending up being treated much like a 'gaijin' (foreigner) herself.
Full Description
When her husband, distinguished theatre impressario Sir Donald Albery, died in 1988, Nobuko began spectacularly falling apart, mentally and physically. This is her exuberant account of her trials and errors, zigzagging between Europe and Japan, as she struggles to come to terms with her loss - no longer young, beloved husband no more.
Contents
Foreword; Prologue; PART 1: I My Dear Speedy Gonzales!; II A Widow Who Thought She Was Eighteen; III Zigzagging on Hormonophobia; PART 2: I My Body, My Life, My Choice; II Start Small, Stay Small; III On the Road with Menopozu Workshops; PART 3: I Tell me, Doctor, What's Happening to Me; II Alone is Beautiful: Is This Your Final Choice?; III From Here Only A Political Vision Could . . . ; Epilogue: Ten Years later
