Gasa-Gasa Girl

From the time she was a child Mas Arais daughter Mari was completely gasa-gasanever sitting still always on the go getting into everything. And Mas busy tending lawns gambling and struggling to put his Hiroshima past behind him never had much time for the family he was trying to support. For years now his resentful daughter has lived a continent away in New York City and had a life he knew little about. But an anxious phone call from Mari asking for his help plunges the usually obstinate Mas into a series of startling situations from maneuvering in an unfamiliar city to making nice with his tall blond son-in-law Lloyd to taking care of a sickly childto finding a dead body in the rubble of a former koi pond. . The victim was Kazzy Ouchi a half-Japanese millionaire who also happened to be Mari and Lloyds boss. Stumbling onto the scene Mas sees more amiss than the detectives do but his instinct is to keep his mouth shut. Only when the case threatens his daughter and her family does Mas take action: patiently stubbornly tugging at the end of a tangled dangerous mystery. And as he does he begins to lay bare a tragic secret on the dark side of an American dream.. Both a riveting mystery and a powerful story of passionate relationships across a cultural divide Gasa-Gasa Girl is a tale told with heart and wisdom: an unforgettable portrait of fathers daughters and other strangers.