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By
Mieko Kawakami
Pan MacMillan
A New York Times 'Notable Book of 2020'
One of Elena Ferrante's 'Top 40 Books by Female Authors'
'A sharply observed and heartbreaking portrait of what it means to
be a woman, in Japan and beyond' -Time, 'The 100 Must-Read
Books of 2020'
'Breathtaking' - Haruki Murakami, author of The Wind-up Bird
Chronicle
Eight years later, we meet Natsuko again. She is now a writer and
find herself on a journey back to her native city, returning to
memories of that summer and her family's past as she faces her own
uncertain future.
Pan MacMillan