Notes from Further West is a memoir and retrospective of Salle's time in Japan in the early 1980s as she looked back at that time from 2014. This is a unique viewpoint from a professional English teacher with a great deal to say about the culture, the time in history, and the effect it all had on the lives of herself and her family. The book is built on the monthly newsletters called Notes From Further West that Salle sent to have her father distribute to the mailing list of people who wanted to know about her and her adventure. Salle and her son, Scott arrived in Japan in April of 1980, with...