Sisters in Yellow

<h2><b>'With <i>Sisters in Yellow</i>, [Kawakami] proves she is still the most exciting Japanese novelist at work today' </b><i><b>The Times</b></i></h2><p><br><b>Deluxe Hardback edition<br><br>From the International Booker Prize-Shortlisted author of<i> Heaven</i> and <i>Breasts and Eggs</i></b><br><br>Hana has nothing but she's hopeful. She's fifteen years old. She lives in a tiny apartment in a suburb of Tokyo with her young mother, a hostess at a local dive bar. They have no money, no security. Then Kimiko appears.<br><br>Kimiko is older, a bright light in Hana's dark world. Together they set up Lemon, a bar that, despite its shabby setting and seedy clientele, becomes a haven for Hana. Suddenly Hana has a job she loves, friends to share her days with, and the glittering promise of money. She feels like a normal girl. She feels invincible.<br><br>But in the narrow alleys of Sangenjaya, nothing is as it seems. Soon all of Hana's hope, her optimism, and her drive, will be tested to the limit . . .<br><br><b>A story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, Sisters in Yellow is a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.</b></p>