Reminder: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) Library is
pleased to announce the upcoming Book Break event on March 17, 2021.

Book Break : ""The View From Breast Pocket Mountain: A Memoir"
By Karen Hill Anton
Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
(The talk will be in English)

Admission:
3,000 yen/ 4,000 yen (member/ non-member, including tax, a set dinner
with a drink)
550 yen (Online attendance via zoom)

Please sign up by email (front@fccj.or.jp) and pay by Friday, March
12th, 2021.

Venue:
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
5F Marunouchi Nijubashi Building
3-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
(http://www.fccj.or.jp/about/access.html)

The View From Breast Pocket Mountain: A Memoir published by Senyume
Press in 2020, is aptly described in Roger Pulver's editorial review:
"Karen Hill Anton's life has been a remarkable journey, from the United
States through Europe and overland across Asia to Japan. This is a story
woven with great compassion and skill, the ultimate combination. It is a
beautiful and deeply moving narrative full of fascinating people, the
most fascinating being the author herself."

In her book, Anton starts with her beginnings as a child raised by her
father in New York City. Through the study of art history and her first
exploration of Europe, she gains a sense of the wider world. Years
later, after extensive journeying, she settles in rural Japan where,
through playing an active role in the local community, she makes a place
for herself and her family. The desire to create home emerges as a
central theme in the memoir, and in a life full of various, and at times
daunting challenges, Anton highlights many instances of support,
generosity, and kindness and her belief in our ability to transcend
culture, ethnicity, and nationality. The View From Breast Pocket
Mountain has been awarded the Book Readers Appreciation Group B.R.A.G
Medallion.

The speaker wrote the popular column "Crossing Cultures" for The Japan
Times for fifteen years and was also a columnist for Chunichi Shimbun.
Her writing has appeared in several collections, most recently the
award-winning The Meaning of Michelle published by St. Martin's Press in
2017. Anton achieved second-degree mastery in Japanese calligraphy,
raised four children, and lives in rural Shizuoka with her husband
William Anton since 1975.

Doors open at 5:30 pm. Dinner is served from 6:00 pm. The presentation
starts from 6:30 pm. Menu: TBD/ Dessert/ Coffee or Tea with one drink.
Book Break charges are 3,000 yen/ 4,000 yen (members/ non-members) per
person.

FCCJ members can sign up at the reception desk. Reservations cancelled
less than 72 hours in advance will be charged in full. Non-members can
reserve at the reception desk by email (front@fccj.or.jp). Payment is in
advance till Friday, March 12th, 2021. No refund is available unless the
event is cancelled by FCCJ.

Online attendance (via Zoom) is available at 550 yen per person. Please
indicate the intention to attend online when signing up. Details on how
to join online will be sent to individual emails after their
reservations are confirmed.

Attendees with food restriction should inform the reception desk
(front@fccj.or.jp) three days before the event.

We kindly ask for your cooperation with Covid-19 prevention measures at
the reception and to wear a mask in the premises. Thank you.

https://www.fccj.or.jp/event/book-breaks