And when she approached 40-the same age her own mother had left the family behind to 'find herself' -Lowitz yearned for a child. Then she moved to Japan and met the man of her dreams, and her heart opened in ways she never thought possible. Coming of age in Berkeley, California, during the sexual and feminist revolutions of the 1960s, she learned that marriage and family could wait. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in that which connects us, holds us together, and makes us family.'-MC YOGIĪt 30, Californian Leza Lowitz is single and travelling the world, which suits her just fine. 'This is a story about forging family across dividing oceans, cultures, and self-doubts, but ultimately, 'In Search of the Sun' proves that love is not bound by blood. Her debut YA novel, Jet Black and the Ninja Wind, won the 2013–2014 Asian/Pacific American Award in Young Adult Literature.'A new EAT, PRAY, LOVE.'-Graceful Passages She travels throughout Japan and Asia to teach yoga and write. She has edited and published over seventeen books, many on Japan, and has run her own yoga studio in Tokyo for a decade. Leza Lowitz lives in Tokyo with her husband, the writer Shogo Oketani, and their ten-year-old son. Through teaching, meditation, and community, she transcends her struggles and embraces the joys of adoption and motherhood. This inspiring memoir reflects the author's deep connection to yoga that allows her to realize that infertile does not mean inconceivable.

Something is still not complete until she learns that when you give a little love to a child, you get the whole world in return.

She travels to India to work on herself and back to California to deal with her past. Then, at forty-four, Leza and her Japanese husband seek to adopt-in a country where bloodlines are paramount and family ties are almost feudal in their cultural importance.

Rather than struggle to fit in, she opens a yoga studio and makes a home for others. But she's still an outsider, and home is far away.

When Leza moves to Japan and meets the man of her dreams, her heart opens in ways she never thought possible. Coming of age in Berkeley, California, during the sexual and feminist revolutions of the 1970s, she learned that marriage and family could wait. At thirty, Californian Leza Lowitz is single and traveling the world, which suits her just fine.

In Search of the Sun by Leza Lowitz