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\"Princess<\/a>What’s wrong with this picture?: An independent, cosmopolitan young woman, educated at Harvard and Oxford, proficient in six languages, who is on the fast track to becoming a diplomat in spite of a male-dominated society, gives up her career, her freedom and even her identity to marry the crown prince of Japan and enter the sequestered halls of a 2,600-year-old monarchy.<\/p>\n

Happy princesses are for fairy tales. In today’s reality, a royal wedding seems to mean anything but a happy ending \u2013 maybe just an ending, period. Case in point: The ever-popular Diana makes the perfect poster-princess for “happily never after.”<\/p>\n

In the latest royal expose, Princess Masako<\/em>, Ben Hills chronicles another princess’ public misery. Often referred to as the “Japanese Princess Di” \u2013\u00a0 more so now for the unfortunate parallels in their lives \u2013 Japan’s Princess Masako is indeed a trapped soul. Certainly royal watchers somewhere will care and want to know more, but this is not the book to read. … [click here for more<\/a>]\n

Review<\/strong>: San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>, January 30, 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"princess-masako1\"What’s wrong with this picture?: An independent, cosmopolitan young woman, educated at Harvard and Oxford, proficient in six languages, who is on the fast track to becoming a diplomat in spite of a male-dominated society, gives up her career, her freedom and even her identity to marry the crown prince of Japan and enter the sequestered halls of a 2,600-year-old monarchy.<\/p>\n

Happy princesses are for fairy tales. In today’s reality, a royal wedding seems to mean anything but a happy ending \u2013 maybe just an ending, period. Case in point: The ever-popular Diana makes the perfect poster-princess for “happily never after.”<\/p>\n

In the latest royal expose, Princess Masako<\/em>, Ben Hills chronicles another princess’ public misery. Often referred to as the “Japanese Princess Di” \u2013 more so now for the unfortunate parallels in their lives \u2013 Japan’s Princess Masako is indeed a trapped soul. Certainly royal watchers somewhere will care and want to know more, but this is not the book to read. … [click here for more<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>, January 30, 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

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