Dixieland Sushi (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743499422)

Wax on....
Jen Nakamura Taylor thought she left behind her awkward past of growing up half-Japanese, half-white in a small Southern town when she moved north to produce a popular Chicago television show. But when she gets word that her Southern Belle cousin is marrying Kevin Peterson, the very boy Jen loved-with-a-capital-L for years, she realizes she can't run from her past forever. Not only does the news conjure up sticky memories of growing up with a mixed heritage in the South (soy sauce on chicken fried steak, anyone?) but now the very single and very busy Jen has got to find a date for the wedding -- a grand affair that could put Scarlett O'Hara to shame.
Wax off....
Riley -- Jen's cute British friend from work -- seems just the ticket; even his girlfriend thinks it's a good idea. But as Jen and Riley whistle on down to Dixie, sparks start to fly. Add to the fire the grown-up but still charming Kevin Peterson, who appears to have a soft spot for Jen, and, well, whoa. It's going to take everything Jen has (and a lot of help from the Karate Kid-wisdom of her pop culture hero Mr. Miyagi) to survive the meeting of past and present, and of North and Far East and South...where Jen finally learns to come to terms with her heritage, her love life, and herself.

Author: Cara Lockwood
ISBN-10: 0743499425
ISBN-13: 9780743499422
Publisher: Gallery Books
Language: English
Published: 05/03/2005
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.54w x 0.83d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/15/2005 pg. 1265
Romantic Times 05/01/2005 pg. 101 - Very Good