My year of meats
(Book)

"Penguin readers guide inside"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-364).

As she films a 52-part series on wholesome American beef for Japanese television, director Jane Takagi-Little of New York realizes she is doing her viewers a disservice and sabotages the show. Combines exposure of unhealthy production of meat and a cross-cultural view of America.

A novel accompanied by a reader's guide explores the strange things that happen in the love lives of two women--one a Japanese-American filmmaker from New York, the other a Japanese housewife--who are linked by a Japanese television show sponsored by an American meat exporter.