Celebrating cultural differences as a privilege Chorus of Mushrooms exploresthe shifts and collisions of culture through the lives of three generations ofwomen ... » 

Celebrating cultural differences as a privilege Chorus of Mushrooms exploresthe shifts and collisions of culture through the lives of three generations ofwomen in a Japanese family living in a small town. Author Hiromi Gotodemonstrates the clash of cultures through the three women of the novel agrandmother who refuses to speak English and who hides salted squid in herpockets a daughter who refuses to speak Japanese and cooks ham with pineapplefor special occasions and a granddaughter who struggles to find a culturalidentity somewhere between the two.Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book in the Caribbeanand Canada CoWinner of the CanadaJapan Book Award and winner of the GrantMacEwan College Book Award Chorus of Mushrooms is a novel that cant bemissed. «