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Memoir

A compelling subject

Veteran interviewer tackles the self

The Good Daughter by Kumi Taguchi

by Iryna Byelyayeva
August 2025, no. 478

The Good Daughter by Kumi Taguchi

Scribner Australia, $34.99 pb, 304 pp

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With more than two decades of experience in interviewing at SBS and the ABC, Kumi Taguchi knows how to craft a person’s story and build a reader’s sympathy. The Good Daughter, her first book, is a memoir. Here she looks inward, transferring these interviewing skills to herself as the subject.

 


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The Good Daughter by Kumi Taguchi

Scribner Australia, $34.99 pb, 304 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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