I am humbled 🙃 and so grateful for an amazing editorial review of my upcoming guidebook for those living in or moving to Japan:
In this inaugural volume of her Far Away Home in Japan series, Izabelle Grenon has achieved a genuine tour de force. First, the book immediately establishes itself as the most comprehensive, thorough, and eminently useful guide available on its specified topic, “finding and setting up your new home.” Yet it is much, much more. Indeed, it doubles as the best introduction to the quotidian realities of life in Japan that anyone could find. The secret to this achievement, it seems to me, lies in the rare conjunction of skills and aptitudes that the author brings to her work. The list begins with the keen eye and analytical mind of a trained scholar. (Before venturing into the spheres of writing and consulting, Dr. Grenon spent over a decade as a tenured faculty member in linguistics at Japan’s most prestigious university.) What truly sets this work apart, however, and what should secure its place on the bookshelves and desk tops of new arrivals to Japan, are qualities rarely found among degreed academics. Here, the scholarly perspective is grounded in practical sensibilities, informed by lived experience, and animated by the wit, zest, and sparkling prose of a novelist. The result is far from the regimented march through a catalogue of tedium that we meet in so many guidebooks. Rather, readers embark on a visually rich tour of Japan’s housing and rental landscape alongside a personable guide who never fails to inform and delight with her well-grounded facts, perceptive insights, and charming asides.
– ROGER ROBINS, Professor, Center for Global Communication Strategies, The University of Tokyo (retired)
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