{"product_id":"yakuza-moon-isbn-9781568364384","title":"Yakuza Moon","description":"Born to a wealthy and powerful yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lived the early years of her life in luxury. However, when she was six, everything changed: her father was jailed, and the family fell into debt. Bullied by her classmates because of her father's activities, and terrorized at home by her father, who became a drunken, violent monster after his release from prison, Tendo rebelled. As a teenager she became a drug addict and a member of a girl gang. At the age of 15 she spent eight months in a juvenile detention center after getting into a fight with another gang.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring Japan's bubble economy of the eighties, Tendo worked as a bar hostess, attracting many rich and loyal customers, and earning money to help her family out of debt. But there were also abusive clients, one of whom beat her so badly that her face was left permanently scarred. Her mother died, plunging Tendo into a depression so deep that she tried to commit suicide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomehow, Tendo overcame these tough times. A turning point was getting a full-body tattoo with a design centered on a geisha with a dagger in her mouth, an act that empowered her to change her life. She quit her job as a hostess. On her last day at work, she looked up at the full moon, which became a symbol of her struggle to become whole, and the title of the book she wrote as an epitaph for herself and her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eYakuza Moon\u003c\/i\u003e features 16-pages of never-before-seen photos of Tendo’s youth, family, and tattoos, as well as a new foreword by the author, describing her life since the book was first published four years ago.\"Emotionally complex and thoroughly heart-rending, this book is recommended for anyone searching for a more thorough and personal understanding of Japanese society.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The first female ever to break the code of silence and speak about life for women in the underworld...her best-selling memoir shocked [Japan]... with its graphic accounts of her addictions to sex, drugs and violent lovers.\" —\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e^\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Tendo’s] story...shines a light into a dark and little understood corner of modern Japan.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book offers a rare woman's view of Japan's criminal underbelly.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Much has been written about Japan's gangsters—their full-body tattoos, boozing, womanizing, strict honor codes and occasional explosions of violence. Very little has been heard from their lovers, daughters or wives. Tendo has been all three.\" —\u003ci\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A chilling and tawdry tale about family life and romance among the yakuza.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A raw, heartbreaking account of damaged youth.\" —\u003ci\u003eBust\u003c\/i\u003e^\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thrilling memoir...an exclusive glimpse into a life rarely experienced firsthand.\" —\u003ci\u003eTime Out Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e^\u003ci\u003eYakuza Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eShoko Tendo\u003c\/b\u003e’s first book. She lives in Tokyo with her young daughter and works as a freelance writer.","brand":"Kodansha International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304599081189,"sku":"NP9781568364384","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781568364384.jpg?v=1767744660","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/yakuza-moon-isbn-9781568364384","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}