Can a novel convince you to give up meat? If so, this might be it. 
 An amazing book. I listened to the audio version. Unlike my usual habit of reading a paper book before going to sleep, I often kept my earbuds in to continue with this gem ate in to the night. 
 I've been on a bit of an Ozeki binge lately (if two books comprise a binge.) This is the tale of a documentary filmmaker working for a Japanese company in the US. They are making a series for Japanese television for a show called "My American Wife", sponsored by "BeefEx", a beef marketing company. The protagonist travels around the US, filming typical American families cooking meat and providing the recipes so that Japanese wives can emulate these "wholesome, attractive wives" and spur on beef purchases in Japan. A parallel story of the wife of a Japanese member adds depth (and sadness) to the novel. 
 Doesn't sound like a pro-vegetarian book? Wait til she films a family that runs a feed lot. 
 Highly recommended.