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Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter

by Shōko Tendō
$7.90
Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter
Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter

Raw tale of resilience from Yakuza's daughter.

"Yakuza Moon" isn't just another memoir; it's a visceral plunge into the underbelly of Japan's organized crime world through the eyes of someone who experienced its luxury and its brutality firsthand. Shoko Tendo doesn't just recount her story; she brings you alongside her tumultuous journey from gangster's daughter to empowered survivor. The book's raw honesty and Tendo’s transformative arc could be particularly riveting if you're interested in true stories of personal growth against staggering odds.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter

by Shōko Tendō
$7.90
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ISBN: 9784770030429
Author: Shōko Tendō
Publisher: Kodansha International (JP)
Date of Publication: 2007-07-01
Format: English Books
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Creative Nonfiction
Related Topics: Mental Health, Biography Memoir, Autobiography, Biography, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.67
(rated by 4295 readers)

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Yakuza Moon is the shocking, yet intensely moving memoir of 37-year-old Shoko Tendo, who grew up the daughter of a yakuza boss. Tendo lived her life in luxury until the age of six, when her father was sent to prison and her family fell into terrible debt. Bullied by classmates and terrorized at home by a father who became a drunken, violent monster after his release from prison, Tendo rebelled. A regular visitor to nightclubs at the age of 12, she soon became a drug addict and a member of a girl gang. At 15 she was sentenced to eight months in a juvenile detention center.Adulthood brought big bucks and glamour when Tendo started working as a bar hostess during Japan's booming bubble economy of the nineteen-eighties. But among her many rich and loyal patrons there were also abusive clients, one of whom beat her so badly that her face was left permanently scarred. When her mother died, Tendo plunged into such a deep depression that she tried to commit suicide twice.Tendo takes us through the bad times with warmth and candor, and gives a moving and inspiring account of how she overcame a lifetime of discrimination and hardship. Getting tattooed, from the base of her neck to the tips of her toes, with a design centered on a geisha with a dagger in her mouth, was an act that empowered her to start making changes in her life. She quit her job as a hostess. On her last day at the bar she looked up at the full moon, a sight she never forgot. The moon 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.
 

Raw tale of resilience from Yakuza's daughter.

"Yakuza Moon" isn't just another memoir; it's a visceral plunge into the underbelly of Japan's organized crime world through the eyes of someone who experienced its luxury and its brutality firsthand. Shoko Tendo doesn't just recount her story; she brings you alongside her tumultuous journey from gangster's daughter to empowered survivor. The book's raw honesty and Tendo’s transformative arc could be particularly riveting if you're interested in true stories of personal growth against staggering odds.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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