![The idea of the book [Japanes Lover] came in a conversation that I had with a friend walking in the streets of New York. We were talking about our mothers, and I was telling her how old my mother was, and she was telling me about her mother. Her mother was Jewish, and she said that she was in a retirement home and that she had had a friend for 40 years that was a Japanese gardener. This person had been very important in my friend's upbringing.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-idea-of-the-book-japanes-lover-came-in-a-conversation-that-i-had-with-a-fri.jpg)
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