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Jean Davies Okimoto

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in Cleveland, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Women & Gender Studies, Children's Books

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“I’ve always had an appreciation for the constant balancing act between career and family and for women in the arts it can be a high wire act.”

Okimoto, who was born in 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio, knows of what she speaks. An acclaimed children’s author, playwright, retired psychotherapist, wife, mother, and grandmother, she has worn many hats since Putnam published her first book in 1978.

With The Love Ceiling, her eighteenth book and one she calls “my debut novel for my own age group,” Okimoto delivers a charming and poignant exploration of a long marriage and the conflicts that arise in both in retirement and in parenting adult children. The roles of a woman in her sixties: wife, mother, grandmother and artist are richly drawn with complexity ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 735 ratings · 175 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors

	The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption by Jean Davies Okimoto (Goodreads Author), Elaine M. Aoki, Meilo So (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winston of Churchill: One Bear's Battle Against Global Warming by Jean Davies Okimoto (Goodreads Author), Jeremiah Trammell (Illustrations) 3.73 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walter's Muse 3.46 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Molly by Any Other Name 3.58 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Love Ceiling 3.54 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reinvention of Albert Paugh 4.27 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George Beasley's Better Angel 3.78 avg rating — 40 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blumpoe the Grumpoe Meets Arnold the Cat by Jean Davies Okimoto (Goodreads Author), Howie Schneider (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Place for Grace by Jean Davies Okimoto (Goodreads Author), Doug Keith (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Ichiro by Jean Davies Okimoto (Goodreads Author), Doug Keith (Illustrator) 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I'm worried that the lady's going to be a hooker - and you're afraid she's BETTY CROCKER!

Molly Jane Fletcher”
― Jean Davies Okimoto

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