num_pages: 366
description: A cross-cultural tale of two women brought together by the intersections of television and industrial agriculture, fertility and motherhood, life and love—the breakout hit by the celebrated author of A Tale for the Time BeingRuth Ozeki’s mesmerizing debut novel has captivated readers and reviewers worldwide. When documentarian Jane Takagi-Little finally lands a job producing a Japanese television show that just happens to be sponsored by an American meat-exporting business, she uncovers some unsavory truths about love, fertility, and a dangerous hormone called DES. Soon she will also cross paths with Akiko Ueno, a beleaguered Japanese housewife struggling to escape her overbearing husband. Hailed by USA Today as “rare and provocative” and awarded the Kirayama Prize for Literature of the Pacific Rim, 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.
language: English
title: My Year of Meats
titlecomplete: My Year of Meats
characters: Christina Bukowsky, Gale Dunn, Helen Dawes, Rose Dunn, Joichi Ueno, Sloan Rankin, Suzuki, Tomoko, Akiko Ueno, Suzie Flowers, Bunny Dunn, Dave Schultz, Jane Takagi-Little
genres: Asia, Audiobook, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Food, Japan, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 18508
places: Japan, The United States of America, Tokyo
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Audie Award
category: Best Unabridged Fiction, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Kiriyama Prize
publisher: Penguin Books