An audio book
A Japanese family who emigrated to Canada include a sometimes horny gran who only speaks Japanese and her grand-daughter who as an adult learns Japanese. They have a mushroom farm. The old lady tells stories, never quite the same twice. She leaves the house and is picked up by a cowboy who knows about Japan. At first it's thought that she's dead. The mother has a short of breakdown, going silent, which forces the grand-daughter to stay at home to look after her. Then credit card bills come through.
The father tells the grand-daughter that he hasn't always been quiet and withdrawn, but after the mother decided that they should only use English, he lost his ability to speak Japanese. Receiving a marriage proposal from someone who (without her realising) spoke to her only in Japanese, the grand-daughter decides to go away. "Where are you going?" "I don't know. I'll know when I get there."
