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Book SynopsisFrom the beloved, bestselling author of Kitchen, comes a deeply haunting, heartwarming exploration of loneliness and painful memories set in Japan.
''Polished, concise, emotionally rewarding.'' Daily Mail
''Reading Banana Yoshimoto is like taking a bracing, cleansing bath.'' LING MA
''Gorgeous . . . an invitation to explore [Yoshimoto''s] unusual, alluring world.'' The Telegraph
I had a premonition of setting out on a journey and getting lost inside a distant tide ... It was the beginning of summer, and I was nineteen years old.
Yayoi lives with her perfect, loving family something ''like you'd see in a Spielberg movie''. But while her parents tell happy stories of her childhood, she is increasingly haunted by the sense that she''s forgotten something important about her past.
Deciding to take a break, she stays with her eccentric but beloved aunt Yukino. Living a life without order, Yu
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'Yoshimoto's novels are like jewel boxes.' - Vanity Fair
'One of our greatest writers ... in her delivery Yoshimoto is a master.' - BRYAN WASHINGTON
