Book: Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say
Goodbye, Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye is a sumptuous book, filled with details and insights into Japanese history, culture, and spirituality. Marie grew up in the United States to an American father and a Japanese mother. As she is dealing with grief over the death of her father, she returns to Japan after the tsunami to bury the bones of her grandfather and explore how the Japanese grieve.
