In this moving and inspirational memoir set among the striking scenes of Japan, American filmmaker Iris Boisvert recounts her desperate post-graduation days and how they led her on one of the most enlightening, sensual, and profound journeys of her life.

Compiled from letters and diary entries, the narrative reflects the honest perspective of the characters as they were in the 1970s, unflinchingly exposing and examining their flaws. Unlike many memoirs told through the biased lens of time, Boisvert's recollections in White Orchid of Hokkaido are refreshingly unskewed by the...