Yoshimura's Ghost: Memories of Rural Japan

by Jen Cullerton Johnson

When an American educator leaves behind everything she knows and moves her young son and husband to rural Japan, her life takes on a deeper new meaning as she navigates a new culture, job, and family life. Living in a small town in Japan proves to be an eye-opening, heartfelt journey.
Previously published and newly revised, these linked essays solidify the connections to what it means to an outsider, how the cost of belonging is more than it seems, and why the journey brings us home.

Kindle Edition

Published July 23, 2022

About the author

Jen Cullerton Johnson is the founder of Green Literacy. She is the author of Change (Lee & Low 2012) demonstrates the connection between people and nature. Seeds of Change has been recognized for many prizes and awards, including a Starred Review for Kirkus Review, a Notable Children's Books Smithsonian Magazine, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent in Illustrations EMIERT/ALA, Amelia Bloomer Project Feminist Task Force American Library Association (ALA), and Green Earth Book Award Honor Newton Marasco. She has won several grants and awards for her writing and teaching, including Illinois Artist Fellowship, Rochelle Lee Award, Chicago Foundation for Education and two Oppenheimers. She holds a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans, a MEd in Curriculum and Development from Loyola University of Chicago. She is a practicing teacher at Chicago Public Schools and an adjunct writing professor at Wright College, City Colleges of Chicago. www.jencullertonjohnson.com