Liminality: The Fox Woman's Child

This Japanese-style ghost story examines the consequences of war, racism, and religious differences on familial relationships, with plot twists in the manner of traditional Japanese folklore.When death comes unexpectedly, Jasmine O’Dale is astonished at what she recalls—her mother’s journals and one enchanting day on a mountain in Japan with its rich tapestry of memories, where reality blurred between past and present. While she precariously bridged two cultures with her looks, her heart, and her destiny, a clash of wills eventually drove her and her American father Jasper apart. Haunted by mistakes of her youth and seeking redemption, hoping to unravel the secrets of her parents’ postwar marriage, she visited the shrine of her Japanese mother Kitsune’s youth. From her arrival in Japan, through every turn in the Tunnel of Ten Thousand Torii at Fushimi Inari Grand Shrine, Jasmine relived formative moments from her 1960s childhood in Detroit, Michigan. Race riots and fear devastated the city and those cultural influences took their toll on her family. Against the odds, she and Kitsune both developed their full potential as photographers. In her last moments, as the memories replay, Jasmine discovers on which side of the limen she stands.

About the Author

Reared in St. Louis, Missouri, Mary Linda Miller graduated fromMaryville University in 1978 with a BFA summa cum laude; worked fortwenty-five years doing design, drafting, and technical writing in thefields of civil engineering and architecture while living in St. Louis,Phoenix, and Hawaii; and traveled extensively in the United States,Western Europe, and Japan. She has four genealogy and family historybooks in the Library of Congress and currently resides in Orlando,Florida with her husband of over thirty years Carmelo L. Monti, RA.

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