Margaret Dilloway's Blog
Sep.21.2011
Since my book got published last year, I've read in public at variety of venues. I've read in a room at a festival where people were more interested in the other stuff going on than in me. I've read at a luncheon. I've read in bookstores and libraries. I've read to rooms full of people, and to...
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A tender and captivating novel of family secrets and redemption, and a compelling look at the complex love languages spoken within three generations of a family.”
—Jamie Ford
About Margaret
HOW TO BE AN AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, my debut novel, is out now. Set in post-war Japan and in contemporary San Diego, it's the tale of a Japanese war bride and her bi-racial American daughter. My own mother had a Japanese-English "guidebook" called THE AMERICAN...
Causes Margaret Dilloway Supports
Kidney Foundation
Heifer International
Habitat for Humanity
Catholic Charities
American Heart Association
Margaret’s Favorite Books
Out Stealing Horses, Eva Moves the Furniture, The Great Gatsby, Linnets & Valerians (a kid's book), Audrey Hepburn's Neck, The Martian Chronicles, Little...



