Author: Yamamoto, Fumio

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 3 July 2025 by Little, Brown Book Group (Virago Press Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 288 pages
145 x 225 x 29 | 410g

The classic Japanese bestseller published in English for the very first time - a darkly funny and relatable book portraying the lives of five women'Witty, wise and thought-provoking' Cecelia Ahern'Crackles and pops with humour, empathy and intelligence' Lisa Owens, author of Not Working'So brilliantly written that I kept trying to memorise sentences in order to repeat them to people later' Roxy Dunn, author of As Young as ThisIzumi needs to get a job. Haruka needs to stop talking about how she once had cancer. Kato needs to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed.

Mito needs to break up with her boyfriend - or marry him.

Sumie just needs somewhere to live. In this classic Japanese bestseller, published in English twenty-five years after it took Japan by storm, the lives of five ordinary women are depicted with irresistible humour and searing emotional insight.