title: A Thousand Stitches: A Novel
author: Constance O'Keefe
description: Constance OKeefe (1948-2011) was introduced to Japan by Shigeo and Isako Imamura during graduate school, and she taught English for a year in Japan. So began her life-long love of Japan. She co-authored "Japan Solo," a guide to Japan that the New York Times referred to as indispensible. After completing law school, O'Keefe worked for 25 years as a lawyer in international aviation. She was co-editor with Isako Imamura, Johnnie Johnson Hafernik and Stephanie Vandrick of Shig: The True Story of an American Kamikaze  A Memoir by Shigeo Imamura. This is a novelization of that story.
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