That’s the memorable final line from an unsigned Chicago Tribune review of Masako’s Story by Kikuko Otake that ran on November 9, 2007. Because I don’t subscribe to the Tribune, I had to do a bit of searching around to find a cached version. How wonderful finally to see this review! Most of it is a retelling of what we’ve already said in other postings here, but that final　line really says it all. We did our duty in publishing this book and we certainly wish the author continued success. The Los Angeles Times, Donald Richie of the Japan Times, The Mainichi Shimbun, Hiragana Times, and now the Tribune all prove that the intellectual lights of The Daily Yomiuri, who refused to review the book last summer because “it wasn’t literature” were burning a little low at the time. Happy to say that we no longer subscribe to that paper. I make the trek over to the train station to pick up a Japan Times instead. It’s good for my health. Jess