The Japanese word gaijin means "unwelcome foreigner." It's not profanity, but is sometimes, a slur directed at non-Japanese people in Japan. My novel is, called Gaijin...
"Gajin is a captivating story about a young woman's journey to a foreign land to investigate the unsettling disappearance of her Japanese lover. Poetic and exquisite storytelling at its best."
S. B. Bell, author of The Art of Redemption
"In her new life in Japan, Sarah Z. Sleeper's protagonist Lucy is a fish out of water, and in over her head at the very same time. A candid, beautifully descriptive map of a young woman's changing emotional landscape."
Sally J. Pla, award-winning author of The Someday Birds
