Description
A cross-cultural tale of two women brought together by the intersections of television and industrial agriculture, fertility and motherhood, life and love.
Ruth Ozeki’s mesmerizing debut novel follows documentarian Jane Takagi-Little, who lands a job producing a Japanese television show that is sponsored by an American meat-exporting business and uncovers unsavory truths about love, fertility, and a dangerous hormone called DES. She soon crosses paths with Akiko Ueno, a beleaguered Japanese housewife struggling to escape her overbearing husband.
My Year of Meats is a modern-day take on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle for fans of Michael Pollan, Margaret Atwood, and Barbara Kingsolver.
Endorsements
“Rare and provocative” — USA Today
Winner of the Kirayama Prize for Literature of the Pacific Rim.
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