Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami Classics

Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami ClassicsPaperback From the International Booker Prize Shortlisted author of Heaven and Breasts and Eggs 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. Kimiko is older, a bright light in Hana's dark world. Together they set up Lemon, a bar that caters to hostesses and their marks, small

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she finds a crumbling house in a state of neglect

She's fifteen years old

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