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My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki follows Jane Takagi-Little, a Japanese American documentarian who works on a TV series called My American Wife!, featuring American wives cooking meat-based dishes. Akiko Ueno in Japan is forced by her abusive husband John to engage with the show. Jane's quest for authentic narratives exposes the meat industry’s dark side, leading her to a breakthrough in her career. The novel explores the complexities of the American meat industry, global capitalism, gender dynamics, and artmaking. The book contains graphic depictions of domestic violence and sexual violence.